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Is there a Solid State amp that can satisfy a SET guy?
What tube amps are SET amps ? If it more then 8 wpc it is not a true SET 300 b have great mids but are for sure rolled off on top and cannot compete in the bottom octaves with SS amps there are trade off on SS vs valve thst is why personally mysel... 
Best cheap integrated amp <$500 new
Emotiva has some pretty decent ones  for the Money. 
Best DAC for around $2,500 or less
I have many dacs some very $$ .i sold a Lampizator amber3after auditioning this in my home this has a who who of hot rodded brand name parts , and World class classic Analog devises 1865Klaser trimmed multi Bit dac ,or R2R great natural sonics the... 
Question for amp experts
That depends on the money , and compared to what If is hooked up internally just using a module and internal digital board no. 
All-in-one integrated, 10-15K range, class A/B only
The gryphon Diablo 300 is built world class looks great and beats seperates that cost over $20 k .my brother owns one .just check out any current review ,for less then $8k the New Krell 300 is very good sounding and has hdmi,inputs and outputs mea... 
The Synergistic Research Orange Fuse ... Further thoughts.
I have the synergistic blues fuses and are very good ,in my preamp section I tried the orange a  3-4% better then the blue but.currently $70 more per fuse and I needed 5 ,solution i use Furutech nano fluid which uses nano particles of silver,gold ... 
Best DAC for around $2,500 or less
Without any reservation the latest from mojo audio $25-2700 with the Staccato Descreet opamps x4  9 Bellison super regulators, over 247k in capacitors, caddock 132 resistors R2R Classic Analog devises 1865 premium multi bit dac , scientific grade ... 
Why don’t tube amps sound like tubes anymore?
Your resistor type,and coupling capacitors hav3 a large say in its voicing , as well as the tube type and brand. Power cords And cables used also Can have a large effect in the voicing .many people forget even 10 years ago many things have changed. 
Set-up with two subs and an integrated amp
Call crutchfield for the subwoofer subwoofers adapter.it has several small resistors under $30 ,you can buy 2 pair ofscrew or crimp on bananas or spades you need to hookuptp the loudspeaker terminals.. 
Set-up with two subs and an integrated amp
Yes call Svs they Have them Or can recommend the only thing you need is a 2 Pr of either spade or bananas crimp on and some awg 16 wire that plug in the speaker terminals   just Velcro’s to hold on I have a pair of Rca from there that plug into th... 
Tempted to buy a Macintosh
Knowing  Mac and selling them know they are dependable ,and nice looking with the meters ,respectable sounding but not in the passlabs class or ,a Krell or a Mark Levenson .i am into modding ,go to utube many average parts at least a dozen red wim... 
Looking for Linear Power Supply for my Mytek Brooklyn DAC. Suggestions?
The best one I know of is from Mojo Audio they were the first oneto make a great one years ago , I have done mods for a long time mojo uses Top quality parts in fact much better quality in dacs as well as LPS Any voltage you need and a 5 yearwarra... 
has anybody else noticed this about flac audio?
I think he is speaking of DP Poweramp ,that has 8 settings for Flac files as I mentioned the highest #8 Flac is loss less. And totally uncompressedbut also there are variables, you have ripping speeds , or safe ripping which’s checks and rereads C... 
has anybody else noticed this about flac audio?
That being said #8 flac file is uncompressed . 
has anybody else noticed this about flac audio?
That being said #8 flac file is uncompressed .