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Best 10K Speaker
The Martin Logan Summit is a possibility.10K retail.Small footprint (though you will need to get it off of the back and side walls by 3 to 6 feet).Two powered 12" woofers in each speaker.Nice looking wood veneers (WAF).Very detailed in the highs.V... 
Can these be used for both Plasma and 2-channel??
Reubent is right.Do remember that the 10K plasma television has about a $20 amplifier built in for speakers. The amplifier in that television could never hope to reach a very high level of resolution. 
Am I missing something?
Little jars of rocks precicely placed on equipmnet that has bad Kharma can make a remarkable improvement.So can inverting the phase of your plumbing. 
Single ended to XLR adapter
If I'm not mistaken the Parasound's are not true balanced designs anyway. It should only make a negative difference. 
More Power is always good?
Mahandave is right.Watts that are composed of higher amperage are stronger watts.Efficency of speaker dictates how loud it will get with a given number of watts.Speaker placement/room dimensions will dictate (more so than most other factors) how t... 
NAD 2150 vs. Onkyo M-282
NAD over the Onkyo any day.However, if you want to buy equipment that you will not feel the need to replace soon, look into new-in-box equipment.Post your preamp and speakers as well as room size and the kind people of A'gon will make lots of reco... 
Having second thoughts on Khorns Need help
NHT 3.3 speakers.Biggest amplifier you can afford (Parasound HCA-1500)$300 NAD, Rotel, Sony CD player$600 NAD, Rotel, Adcom, Parasound preamplifierDynamic as heck.Good luck! 
Beveridge speakers-does anyone still use them?
Congratulations!!!!! 
RIP RL Burnside
R.L. Burnside was one hell of a bluesman.RIP 
newbie needs to know what next...
Slow down buddy. you have yourself a stereo (two channel) receiver. The receiver and the CD player are both a few years old. The following are true of your current set-up:1)You will benefit very little from fancy cables (put that money in savings ... 
summits vs odyssey's
The Summit is much more dynamic. It uses powered woofers with 25Hz and 50Hz level controls. This lets you dial in the bass to match the room (or make crazy big bass if you are a bass fiend). The Summit is a lot smaller. THe panel is smaller than t... 
Help me spend $8,000 this is really long, sorry
Personal oppinion is to get rid of the Analysis Plus. Listened to the whole line and only heard bad things.And for the good of the species spend your newfound 8K as if it were 5K that could be stretched given an especialy nice-sounding piece.More ... 
trying to upgrade speakers
If a dealer will not let you demo at home... find a new dealer. There is too much competition on the internet not to. But do try to stick to your local dealers if they prove to be honest and helpful. It is a little dirty to test a dealer with load... 
Good Bass Floorstander under 1K
Second Ghunter & Kthomas. Large bookshelf speakers in your price range will give you better sound quality. NHT SB3 responds to 39Hz and placed properly will convince you of it. Old NHT 2.5i's are in your price range and will give you lottsa-ba... 
Dynavector or Grado ?
THe Grado cartidges are a little more forgiving of bad recordings than other cartridges. Little experiance with the Dynavectors. Grado Sonata is avery nice sounding cart.Good luck!