Tannoy Everyone?! with Leben CS600 or Pass XA25/30.5?

@budburma 

I am well and hope the same for you! I hear you on the cost, unfortunately Accuphase is priced unfairly in US due to excessive greed of US distributor. But boy, the pairing of Accuphase and Tannoy is unmistakable, great synergy and delicious sound all around. All the positive attributes of a SET amp sound characteristics served delicately with SS class A purity. So I agree with you, Class A is a way to go with Tannoy’s. 

The AD-50 phono board in my E-650 was more than adept in conveying Hana’s Umami Red gorgeous sound. I never felt anything lacking! In my system, the AD-50 offered much better synergy over a $2500 E.A.T. E-glo S phono preamp with external power supply. 

In your budget, keep an eye for E-480. Good luck! 

the Tannoy can be more power hungry than their specs might suggest.

This is true and 25 or 30 watts is not a whole bunch of power. It works for me but I seldom play loud. 

The Leben CS600 runs out of juice?

With the Tannoy Stirlings?

And only with the DAC?

Curious and curiouser.

@cd318 that's it! I'd be curious if you (or anyone else) might have experienced their DAC not driving their Leben CS600...

@budburma

Does your DAC have balanced output? If it does, then try a XLR IC with XLR to RCA adapters (for Leben inputs). The typical output level on balanced analog is 6.1Vrms.