Thoughts on 845 set monoblocks

When you get the Viva amps let us know how you like them. I only heard them at CES shows and they always sounded wonderful. I know you will love these. Enjoy

I agree with Jwm, the Viva with your Tannoys should sound excellent and with all genre of music. I hope you`re able to get them.
Regards,

I love tube amps, unfortunately I do not live near any Tube Audio dealers, so I have not been able to listen to any 845 S.E.T. Amps.

I love the look of these big tubes and would love to hear the following Amps:

New Audio Frontiers 845 SE integrated amp

Or

Line Magnetic Audio 219IA integrated 845 tube amp

Both of these amps are gorgeous.

One day I may get around and find a dealer that has these and I happen to be in the area so I can take a listen.

My Tannoy Westminister Royal SE speakers arrived. My Soundlab M1 speakers, shipped for trade-in to the Tannoy dealer, were destroyed (dropped) by the shippers. The electronics (backplates) were not damaged. But now I have a question (also submitted tonight as a question in the spekaer forums). You have convinced me that a high-quality (Viva or equivilent) tube amp works best with the Westminister speakers. But I have a question regarding pre-amps with the Westminister speakers. The Soundlabs required a high-output power amp (Classe Omega Omicron) with a tube (ARC REF 5) pre-amp. Should I consider moving from my ARC REF 5 pre-amp to a high-quality solid-state pre-amp with my new Westminister speakers? If so, which solid-state pre-amp?

Anyone can comment of monoblock Shuguang S845 MK offered at Grant Fidelity? I just bought a pair blindly because the sale price is hard to resist. They are still burned in (up to 5 hours now). The sound is a bit digested at the mid range and the bass is quite strong but bloated on my Tekton Lore. Not sure if this will go away when the tube and amp are fully broken in. Some exterior parts such as power buttons look so flimsy and cheap albeit the amp seems heavy (50 lbs) and solid casing.

I am interested to know how the Shuguang S845MK comparing with other mainstream such as Cary, Audion, Sophia, Mastersound, Art Audio...