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speakers with BAT

I currently have a pair of Meadowlark Kestrel 2's that I'm driving with a BAT VK60 and VK3(the vk3 is going up for sale when my vk30 arrives this week!) and a Simaudio Moon Orion as the source. They really sound good at moderate levels but strain a bit at higher settings. The bass is also not the best, so I'm thinking of trying something else. I'm looking for opinions or experience with speaker matching with BAT, as I really like their products and don't want to switch components. Wilson Watt 3 Puppy 2's seem to be going fairly cheap, and I'm interested if anyone has ran them with BAT. Any advice would help.
mthieme
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jfrech
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Hello. I used to have a VK60 driving a pair of WP 6's. I recently went to a VK75SE. The VK60 can drive the Wilson's pretty good. The midrange is incredible, ditto for highs, soundstaging, depth etc. The bass isn't as tight as a higher powered solid state amp. Don't get me wrong, it's not bad, just more a tube amp sound. Before my Wilsons, I had a pair of Audio Physic virgo's.

My room is about 16x20.
mthieme OP
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Do you have any experience with the older versions of the WP's? I have heard great things with the newer, but can't find alot of info on older ones. Did the vk60 drive the virgos well?
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ozzy62
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One piece of advice. Make sure you hang on to that VK3 until the 30 arrives. I was in the same situation a few years ago with a VK-3i and a VK-30 that I won from the Audio Revolution website (that's right, it was FREE). I sold the 3i too soon, it was clearly better than the VK-30 which I kept for only a month. The 30 had an upper midrange glare that I could never get rid of. It sounded more like a poorly designed SS preamp than a tube preamp.

Just my thoughts.

Oz
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