celtic66

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Flagship product to build around
OP asked for flagship product to build around:   Luxman 509X.  65 lbs. of rakish Japanese amplification iron.  One can feed it anything of great quality for source and it will caress the signal passing it on completely intact.   This integrated ... 
Need Recommendations for a pair of Speakers around $1,000
Ah, used Merlin TSM monitors.  A classic, easy to drive, sealed cabinet so little room interaction, simple black studio with no fancy finish to mar.  They work well with a myriad of amplifiers not considered audiophile.  
ATC SCM 50A active towers review
Now at approximately 200 hrs. break-in time on both the ATC 50s and Weiss 501 DAC, everything has settled in nicely.  The improvements while palpable are not monumental in scale.  It was never cold, muffled and/or thin. Great recordings are super... 
Speaker Pairing for Sugden A21SE
That is a very fast integrated and produces terrific attack.  You're on the right track.  Ran Merlin Black Magic and Cenya monitors with mine to very good affect.   Found the Sugden particular about speaker cables and ended up with Decware Silver... 
Large room with low budget for speakers
Hard to image these would not work. https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/SCM150ASL--atc-scm150asl-pro-15-inch-3-way-powered-studio-monitors    
Too many choices for R2R DACS--opinions appreciated
Used Mojo Mystique' 3 is probably 3-3.5K....... if found.  Quite musical and dynamic with a very complete soundstage.  
objective vs. subjective rabbit hole
To the point of specs, F-1 engine 1.6 ltr. displacement engine produces between 600-1,000 hp.  Cannot find anything even near that kind of hp with 1.6 ltr. engine from any manufacturer.  All about proper design and engineering.  Very expensive des... 
Weiss 501 DAC
No streaming….yet.  Not adverse, just not.  
ATC SCM 50A active towers review
admranger   At this very moment I am listening to my ‘old’ ATC 40As at my friend’s house in Port Angeles, WA.  I hauled them over and gifted them as I’ve the 50As now.  The ATC 40As replaced his ATC 19As which he admits are nice, but really no com... 
Weiss 501 DAC
admranger  Not in the least is the Weiss 501 analytical.  It is simply magical in its ability to organize the whole affair.  As far as budget, I cannot speak to anyone’s financial affairs.   I will submit that purchasing once with great satisfact... 
Go Ahead and Laugh at Me
Doesn't anybody beta test anything anymore?  I know, it's expensive and time consuming.........and works!  
Art Pepper fans out there?
Art Pepper + Eleven K2 version is pretty scary.  Nice dynamics.  
Well mastered Compact Disks
Pretty much anything by FIM, Opus 3, 3 Blind Mice, Telarc and XRCD.  There are others.  
Naim Core music library backup. Help!!!!!!!!!! Not a techno guy, not an idiot.
I sense a common theme.  Thanks everyone for responses.  It's the horse I'm on, so be it.  It does sound great, just the backup thing is driving me a bit nuts.  I feel as if used simply loaded and for listening, it is great.  Otherwise, challengin... 
Your thoughts on my quest for new speakers
https://atc.audio/hi-fi/loudspeakers/entry-series/scm19a/ 10K, Hegel has preamp out bypass.  Or ATC 40A 15K.