Vandersteen 3a sigs- Tube or SS

Hi, it's not clear if you already have these speakers yet. Either way, your room is WAY too small for them. You're better off with 2Ce Sigs or Quatros. Just so you know...

As for amps, the Quicksilver V4s are excellent if you want tubes. The SS amps I recommend are the Theta Dreadnought, BEL 1001 mono blocks or Theta monoblocks. The Aesthetix amp (hybrid) that just got released may be a good option too.

Good luck!

Never heard Mac gear with Vandersteen but, from the Mac gear that I have heard, they tend to make bright sounding speakers sound smoother. Vandy's are anything but, bright. I have TAD Amp and preamp with my 2 CE signatures but, have had good results also with McCormack and ARC gear. If you go with Mac, then try to audition first. I would be interested in your impressions..

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McCormack seems to be the perfect mate to Vandy's. Steve McCormack himself uses 3A Sigs in his system. I've heard alot of other McCormack owners here over the years talk about that magic combination (though unfortunately I've never heard it myself.)

Parasound JC-1s. Best Ive heard with 3A sigs yet. Belles, VTL, Ayre, Quicksilver are all very good also IMO. The JC 1s just seem to do everything well IMS.

Rogue M-150's are also very good with the 3A Sigs.