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How much does your system retail for?
~ $40,000 for "A" system~ $4,500 for "B" systemexcludes hi-end fully separate and discrete 7.1 HT system ~ $18,000 
Best Speaker for classical music
TANNOY PRESTIGE LINEKingdom Royals if you can get them demo or used 
which amp to get?
given your contemporaneous post about what speakers to buy (first?), I would suggest that you decide on that first and THEN move to an amp selection, if you want to strive towards any system synergyAvoid this random "shotgun" approach and use a "r... 
Good speakers to be placed close to rear wall
REGA RS7sGoogle for reviews 
Arcam vs Marantz vs NAD receiver?
but I am concerned about the Arcam and especially the Marantz running out of steam at higher volumes driving 5 channels. The NAD to its credit hardly loses any punch even driving 7 channels. Marantz has the most features, but the lightest amp sect... 
floor standing speakers with powered woofer
Martin Logan 
Nordost Norse 2 series vs Shunyata zitron
shotgunned NORDOST Frey speaker cables (independent 4's doubled up to now be 2's): matched shotgunned jumpersthe improvement from a 'shotgunned" over a "standard" two-cable run is clear in my systemFWIW 
Silver cables
" ...12-19-13: Sonic_geniusYou will get silver clad copper in that price range..."+ 1 on this post. Good silver cables (e.g. Google the LFD website for the LFD silver cables made in the UK) are a quantum leap up the $$ food chain. 
Nordost Norse 2 series vs Shunyata zitron
You have highlighted the conundrum(1) Unless the A-GONER has your identical system, all you going to get here is purely anecdotal and extremely biased personal value judgement testimonials, that have zero bearing and likelihood of similar success ... 
Break In Time for Nordost Norse 2 lines
NORDOST FREY (version 1) ICs and speaker cables:took me about 300+ hrs minimum and even after that there were further incremental gains on a much smaller scale over a much longer time... I actually gave up fully tracking themWas the extended wait ... 
Tannoy Speakers & Bi-wiring
from the TANNOY websiteQ: Bi-Wiring- the how and whys? A: The majority of our residential loudspeakers have two sets of speaker terminals, one for the bass (LF) and one for the treble (HF). These are normally joined by links, and a single cable ru... 
Speaker cables
I had both the TOTEM ARROs and the TOTEM FORESTS in a prior system.I experimented with a lot of different speaker cables in that journey.MY FINDINGS:Preferred: TOTEM TRESS to the tweeters and ATLAS ASCENT 3.0 (now 3.5 latest model) to the woofers.... 
Audiophile Grade Multi channel Power Amplifier
BRYSTONall Class A discrete amps ... best on the block IMOGoogle for the various current models and legacy models out there 
Speaker Cable Suggestion for Tannoy Speakers
tannoys are internally wired with VAN DEN HUL 
Tannoy Speaker Cable Synergy
Tannoys are wired with quality grade Van Den HulGoogle for the exact modelVDH actually made one for them under the Tannoy name a while back