Best Amps match for Egglestonworks Andra 2 ?

I lent my Dodd 120's to a fellow audiogoner who has the Andra 2's, he has owned the DNA 500, CJ 350, BAT 600, and preferred my tube amp to all above, so much so he ordered 1, and impatiently waiting

I have a very similar system to yours and I think that your problem is not the amp but CD. I have just borrowed the MBL 1531 (see my system pics) and it is MILES ahead of AA Capitole ... and I have had the SE upgrade.

The MBL will give you much deeper soundstage, amazing microdynamics, much better bass, more extended highs and one of the smoothest, most natural presentations around. I much preffered it to th EMM Labs CDSD/DCC2 combo I have tried.

The best part is that it cost ... only $9000. And BTW - the build quality is second to none.

I've tried a number of amps, first with the original Andras and then with Andra IIs, and the best by far have been the McIntosh 501s. Several years ago they were the amps Eggleston recommended with the AIIs and Savoys, although they may now be recommending others. The Macs and AIIs are a superb combination in every respect (although I must say that switching to Purist Dominus speaker cables made an extraordinary difference as well).

BAT VK 150 SE momoblocks. BAT synergy.

Yup, 711 is right. I borrowed his Dodd amps, and they truly controlled my Andra IIs better than any of the SS monsters I owned. Not only that, but they added the naturalness, decay, and harmonics that only tube amps can deliver. Highly recommended. The waiting is the hardest part. Sigh, still a month to go...