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"Dazed and Confused" about upgrading current speakers
EXISTING SPEAKERS. https://www.goldenear.com/images/brochures/GET_T5_T7_Literature.pdf for reference, they are decently high sensitivity 89. working easily with your 100 wpc amp.The dual mids and ribbon tweeter should give you excellent mids and... 
"Dazed and Confused" about upgrading current speakers
Ohm Walsh Tall link, scroll to the bottom, there is a room size chart and recommended model, what size room do you have?? https://ohmspeaker.com/speakers/walsh-tall/#wt-1000  
Tekton or Klipsch
I'm not sure how large or the shape of your listening space, let me add a few comments.Heresy may sound better in your space than Forte's.I have had horns and 15" woofers, and rear ports over the past 50 years. Necessarily wide face of speaker enc... 
2000-2500 USD budget for an integrated amplifier. Do amplifiers sound the same? :)
I've never seen or heard one, it seems a high quality choice with modern features you want.Patented technology seems successful.Perhaps the only expected sonic difference would be based on the decision to go with a very high damping factor, effect... 
The best speaker for a small room...at any price point.
Consider future system changes. If you limit yourself to choices of high sensitivity/efficient speakers, then, now and/or future, you will be able to use lower power amps successfully. Then your amp choices become many, opportunities for a great d... 
Preamps... understanding volume...
erik,does that mean a stronger input signal, from a preamp with more gain (less attenuation), boosted by amps +28db will result in higher volume output, especially important for lower sensitivity speakers like OP is asking about? 
Whats playing on your system today?
LP fans might find this interesting https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linn_Records I think I requested it before it was released, an offer by Linn to promote their new Linn Records, and Linn sent me this for free.  
Whats playing on your system today?
amp 'new to me', it's a used amp, MK1 to get the 16 ohm taps. Newer versions make tube bias both easy and safe. 
Whats playing on your system today?
I just bought a new integrated tube amp, Cayin A88T, so out come the set of music to see what it can do:1. Cassandra Wilson, Blue Light Til Dawn (CD) (her voice better be right, and strong bass) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Light_%27til_Daw... 
can you add tone controls to a primaluna HP integrated amp
BEFORE:I advise getting a sound meter and studying how to use it in various locations in your listening area. Then, move your speakers around a bit, keep checking, before adding tone controls. You will be ready, knowing what frequencies you want t... 
Preamps... understanding volume...
the relationship of strong or stronger signal going from preamp into an amp, and whether the amp can therefore produce more power for low sensitivity speakers (or any) has not been answered.I do not know for sure, but Isuspect the amp cannot produ... 
Preamps... understanding volume...
volume control of tape line level signal directly to amp:It is not good to use the tape recorder's volume control, because, you want the strongest un-distorted signal off the tape (furthest from the noise), The meters help you do this, you can go ... 
Preamps... understanding volume...
forgot this link to phono eq https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RIAA_equalization  
Preamps... understanding volume...
they amplify, and they attenuate. using simple round #'s, a bit of history. Legacy equipment/terms are in use but ....1. original mono sources (radio tuners, ceramic phono cartridges)  provided strong enough signals directly to amplifiers, let's s... 
2000-2500 USD budget for an integrated amplifier. Do amplifiers sound the same? :)
You already know it is the speakers and room interactions; or headphones which are speakers without room interactions.Digital: I agree, properly matched to other gear and the speaker's impedance and very importantly to the speaker's efficiency, ne...