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A couple of things I found when I was staring down the same rabbit hole. Amp power can be an issue with some speakers. Also speaker position is one area you can make a lot of gains in, especially the overall sense of power and 3d. It's worth using something like REW and a measurement mic to figure out the ideal speaker position.
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@Stevethecoffee - thank you very much as well ✌️
Yeah I kinda suspected the whole chain needs to be proper good to really get the "3D juicy thing" as you put it.
I'm kinda wondering if it's worth pursuing that goal at all when basically the middle price range is all that's gonna happen here..
..meaning I got this basic (£300) amp at the moment- willing to upgrade to something around £600-900 in the future, got a SL-1210 with a £200 cartridge right now, probably going to upgrade to a £300-400 one.. speakers are £1000 Canton's that most likely won't be upgrading any time soon..
So yeah, so far my hunch has been that the tube-y magic is only gonna happen with equipment 2-3 times as expensive (mostly because the tube amps are so hideously expensive) - but will check out the used market more, thanks for the heads up!