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Is Recording quality the real culprit?
YES  
Upgrade From SME IV to V - Worth It
IMO upgrade the phono stage you get much better results      
Power Amplifier - Maximum Resolution & Detail!
Comes down to design.  In simple terms, if the component has any filtering of the AC then you in general will get more details and a blacker background - think AC filter chokes.  They power supply caps can make things sound like mush or can have s... 
Toe in is crucial
Correct - once you find that speaker position, a little change can bring the soundstage into focus.  Most people cannot find that position so they never her the change.  
High end bookshelf speakers for Small room
Revival makes a small monitor speaker for very low price.      
JA Pulsars vs Harbeth 30.2
@tjraubacher the top of the line one for $5K I forget the name but it is the model 5  
JA Pulsars vs Harbeth 30.2
No we are not dealers we are manufacturers of audio components and a repair shop.  We get to hear so much stuff and these just impressed me.  Mike O'Keefe at HiFi Direct in Hackensack NJ  
JA Pulsars vs Harbeth 30.2
@tjraubacher - some of the Harbeth have such a beautiful mid-range you can easily simply fall in love with the music.  The speakers I mention a way less expensive and top to bottom are just impressive.  For $5K hard to believe but that's what we h... 
JA Pulsars vs Harbeth 30.2
Revival Speakers better than the Harbeth and they have bass to go with them! $5K and you are all set.  Easy to drive also.      
Replacing Capacitors, I Don’t Wanna!
The replacement or upgrade to better capacitors will improve the sound so just don't replace, upgrade them and a few resistors to Mills or Audio Note non-magnetic.   Happy Listening  
New speakers for a new start?
Here is your end all choice in speakers Revival top model is $5K Revival Audio - Atalante 5 Speakers Best sound I have heard in a very long time especial at this price. Do you research on who designs them. Happy Listening.  
Fair Blind Test??
Welcome to the audio world.  I once had an event where the manufacturer demonstrated several recordings.  They all progressed so you could hear how the manufacturing process was on sound quality.  Everyone agreed but one person who said, I liked t... 
Looking at these specific preamps give me your opinions
Take a look inside each of them and then tell us what you see?  Parts, transformers, AC chokes, capacitors, resistors, volume control, and what designs they are.  Once you begin to look inside and learn about design, you decision will be come much... 
Those magical days when the HVAC is off
Doesn't bother me at all.  Equipment is manufactured to be so silent that the sound quality is not compromised.   Happy Listening.  
No replaement PCBs for Krell Evo series
It almost always can be repaired.  Where are you located?  We are in NJ.