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What about power for Vandersteen 2 speakers?
Those are three different sounding amplifiers. No doubt you will find one that suites your taste better than the others. There is no short cut other than try all three amps and pick your favorite. 
Need suggestions for speakers for Classe system.
How big is your room? Listening habits i.e. rock and loud or jazz and moderate? 
Sub woofer that excels at the mid bass wanted
HSU Research makes the MBM-12 MK2 Mid-bass Module with a frequency response of 50 - 150Hz. Not expensive either. 
What about a fan blowing over McIntosh 7205 AMP?
Warm is normal, why the need for a fan, is the amp going into thermal shutdown? Typically, fans are used to exhaust the heat from the enclosure thus creating a more natural cooling convection. I know that designers of tube equipment frown on fans ... 
Tube rolling in the Cary SLI-80 Signature
I use a Cary SLI-80 in a secondary system with Merlin TSM_MM and I found this tube compliment to work very well and is very musical.2 ea - Amperex 7308 Input Buffer Preamp2 ea - Sylvania 1952 6SN7GT "Bad Boys" Pre Driver/Phase Inverter or Russian ... 
Nitty Gritty 1.5Fi vs. VPI HW16.5vs. Okki Nokki
I switched from a Nitty Gritty to a VPI. Don't know much about the Okki, but VPI parts and support is always available. 
Class A Amp owners, Whats your power bill?
As you have noted Class A amps draw full current at idle, therefore, just turn them off when not in use. 
Neutral to Lean Power Cord for tube preamp
Before you spend a dime, optimize your speaker posistion first. This will have a greater affect on the tonal balance than any pc cord. 
Turntable Essentials?
Record cleaning machine. A 60 year old clean to the eye record can have mold growing in the grooves. 
PS 1000 doesn't seem to isolate as well as expecte
Transformers/ballast in florescent lights and light dimmers are well known for introducing noise into the ac circuit. I would have thought that this noise/interference would have been filtered out by the PPP. Can you put your PPP on a different cu... 
PS 1000 doesn't seem to isolate as well as expecte
This has me stumped since all your electronics are isolated with the use of the Power Plant. I would have thought that any spike and/or interference introduced into the power line by a contaminating source on the same circuit would have been filte... 
PS 1000 doesn't seem to isolate as well as expecte
Is everything connected through a PS Power Plant? 
Do Interconnects need to "warm up"?
It sounds like your ears are just getting acclimated to the sound. 
Coincident Frankenstein SET and Avantgarde
Charles1dad, I have also heard the original Coincident Dragons and their build construction was also very poor. One of my friend's Dragons had a slightly twisted top plate because it could not properly support the amp’s weight. He subsequently upg... 
Coincident Frankenstein SET and Avantgarde
I have some experience with both the Coincident Frankenstein Mk1 and the Lamm 2.1. I did not like the Frankenstein. The build construction was poor and the transformers had a buzzing sound. The Franks were connected to Acapella horn speakers and y...