@JLM: It appears that way that these three aren’t going well together in many people’s conceptualization. I have been using the Magnepan for almost 20 years, mating them, early on, with a good SS from Krell, Spectral, and Treshold, up until a friend of mind loaned me the first generation of VTL 450. I never returned those VTLs back to my friend. Those 450s had lived with me for 14 - 15 years before I sold them for a better pair of VTL, the Siegfried which is now feeding the 30.7. As for the “cheap & cheerful, I usually am fascinated by the gear that possesses a good value for money, like my recent purchase of Denon 103R cartridge and Lounge Copla step-up MC. They both are very good products and can go up against products that are a few times more expensive. if you would like me to pick two, they would be magnepan and tubes but I really am looking to learn and to share a lot more things than just two.
