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Recommendations to a small room setup
REGA BRIO integrated amp driving REGA RS1 \ R1s ...... highly recommendedREGA RS1s or their immediate predecessor R1s, are designed to work up against the wall or actually mounted on the wall with their own bracketshttp://www.stereotimes.com/speak... 
Attn Vinyl lovers - what CD Player do you use?
REGA ISIS Valve cdpa Goliath killer... 
Need recommendation for center channel speaker
Then PSB is your logical and focused c/c choice .... full stop.You need to use a rifle qnd not a shotgun approach.Why would you knowingly take on the risk ffor an extremely high probability of a material Lf-CC-RF speaker sonic signature mismatch; ... 
Need recommendation for center channel speaker
correction to the prior post typo"LR" should be "RF" 
Need recommendation for center channel speaker
Elevick's comments are on point: you need to match the sonic signature of the centre channel as closely as possible to the LF and LR speeakers.Obviously the same speaker brand matching would be the strong main choice preference.Big caution:Blindly... 
Using solid copper THERMOSTAT wire as speaker wire
18 gauge wire or any other gauge thermostatic wire (or other like fare) simply is very poor quality - non-OCC - low-fi or "no-fi" product never contemplated for audio, and simply cannot compete against quality audio speaker cables.... full stop.Th... 
simaudio 740P VS Mark Levinson 326S
Which you "prefer" ( note: ..... this is an anecdotal and biased value judgement at best) depends primarily on the synergy with the rest of your system and your listening environment.There is no absolute "better" - full stop. 
Bookshelf speakers for $500ish
"....4-24-15: SeikoshaFor all those recommending rear ported speakers for a person who is going to back them against the wall, have you heard the speakers you are recommending in that position..."yesThe REGA bookshelves are designed to perform pla... 
Bookshelf speakers for $500ish
i've had the DYNACOS and had/have the REGA R1s (now the RS1s) in a prior B system/current surrounds in my HT kitThe REGA bookshelves smoked the DYNACOs .... full stop IMO.http://www.stereotimes.com/speak121305.shtmlThe Rega R1 Loudspeaker - A New ... 
New system/room, upgrade amp or preamp first?
your pre-amp first ..... full stopthe receiver, particularly as a preamp, is your weak link 
Totem Forest Signature -or- Spendor D7
SIMAUDIO and TOTEM are both in Montreal and used to "voice"each other's productsthey are frequently paired up\ togerher at the audio paloozasthe point: with a MOON power amp, and a possible swap to a SIMAUDIO preamp to complete the synergy plan ..... 
What's with the buyers these days??
" .... I seems to be that more and more people will make an offer that I accept and then I have to email multiple times to get them to pay..."= buyers that are just time wasting bottom-feeders 
amps for totem mani 2 sig
SIM AUDIO .....they are both domiciled in Montreal and used to voice each other's products and frequently paired together at audio shows.Totem's own AMBER integrated was a joint development based on SIM AUDIO kit. 
Raidho D1's and recommendations for amplifiers
option 1: Audia Flight Strumento pre/power combinationThe Raidhos were featured at TAVES - Toronto's annual audio palooza:Best Sound of Show — AnalogueBergmann Audio/Raidho Acoustics/Audia Flight/Sutherland Engineering/Transparent. Walking into th... 
BI WIRE EXPERIENCE DARK SIDE
if those are the speaker wire pairs you are contemplating, then you bi-amp them ....not bi-wire ....full stop.