Tannoy Westminster amp matching question.

Hddg, sorry I've been away a long time ( not for any criminal reason :-). ).

my personal, overall findings were that the Wests just liked being driven by beefy amps. The plinius sa250 with Einstein pre amp worked the best for me. I didn't try any super amps, but none of the tube power amps I tried worked very well. If I were to have my time with them again, I'd probably try the pass labs xa30.8 or further up that line if I had large pockets. Together with the best tube pre I could find. Others still love them with SETs. But that's what is so great about out interest isn't it. We all find beauty in different things. It's been almost a year since you asked your question..... what are your findings ?? Sorry for my late reply.

Myron.

 I have had Tannoy Yorkminster's, Tannoy golds, Tannoy Sterling and Tannoy 383 sixes.  The best amp I found for them out of the ones I've tried is Sophia 845. I found 300 B to be short on power on all but the 3836s as they are 99 DB efficient. I have found Tubes to be a must however. I think atmospheres OTL's would be a great match as well!   If I tried solid-state I found them to be a little too edgy 

I’m still driving my Tannoy Canterbury with 275 Watts/ch push-pull tube power (Rogue Apollo Dark monoblocks), and have absolutely no regrets! Amazing sound; highly dynamic and "live" sounding, while perfectly maintaining a neutral/natural balance across the spectrum. It has touches of warmth/sweetness just where it’s needed, without drawing attention to itself. I recently upgraded from Canterbury SE to GR, and that was a huge improvement across the board. I would’ve gone for the Westminster GR too, if I had the room.

And I can be content that 275 Watts here is already way more than ample for this application, and I don't need to entertain silly upgrade ideas of bi-amping, bridging (2 upgraded Zeus amps), etc. 

Certainly, there will be other great options, especially with the extra efficiency of the Westies. But I’m very happy with my arrangement!

I have the Westminster GR version, and played high power 211 tube amps on them with great satisfaction - small SET amps wont do on these - they are big dynamic speakers and you want to hear that!!! Now I have opted for big, powerful classA amps, they surpass the tubes by quite a bit. In your budget, I would get a second hand Pass (XA60.8 or similar), or a Sugden could be just excellent on these..

I am using monoblocks SE-833 with TW