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Whats on your turntable tonight?
Stanley Turrentine - Rough 'N Tumble, Tone Poet  
Neutral Dac?
The most neutral DAC I have heard is the Rockna Wavedream.  The edition and signature tonally are the same.  You get more detail and an even bigger soundstage with the signature vs the edition.     the thing about the Wavedream is the sound prof... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Joe Jackson - Body and Soul  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Low - Hey What  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
The J. Geils Band - S/T  
Checking Anti-Skate?
Nothing like reviving an almost 20 year old thread! Anyway, the Hi-Fi news test record will help you dial in your anti-skate.  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Joe Jackson - Night and Day  
Matching Klipsch Reference and Reference Premiere??
Don't believe everything you read. Since you have the speakers, why don't you just try it and decide for yourself?   
Basic Questions
Home Theater Bypass is your friend. Use the AVR (or better yet separate processor and amps) for home theater and use an integrated as suggested or separate amps and preamp for two channel. HTBP allows you to divert the two mains to HT use and offe... 
Roon DAC? help please....took a chance on Pachanko Labs - know nothing about Roon
My DAC is not Roon ready, so I bought a Roon Nucleus to use a the streamer and Roon Core. Works great. I believe you could do the same with Small Green Computer.   
Thiel 3.5 vs Klipsch Forte IV Speaker choice
You might be fine with your current amp for the KEFs unless you like to listen at really high volumes.  I had an ARC Vsi-55 50 WPC tube integrated and it was more than capable of driving my Harbeth Super HL5 Plus, which are similar in power requir... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Joe Jackson - Jumpin' Jive  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Judas Priest - Hero Hero, RSD red vinyl  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
In a mellow mood... Iron Maiden - Piece of Mind  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Joe Jackson - I'm The Man