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Not impressed
OP you are dead WRONG!There has NEVER been a better time to get top quality sound from beer budget priced components!DUMP the seperates and get an Integrated Amp,preferably all Tube or Tube/SS Hybrid...Then dump the Focus 110's,which are thin in t... 
Suggestions on speakers
 With your gear from inexpensive all the way to mega expensive look at Dynaudio,Dali & Sonus Faber... 
Integrated Amp Recommendation
Best advice so far:1.Try contact cleaner,most likely just dirty contacts...2.As helomech stated,always get a second opinion... 3.Something new...TUBES or a Hybrid(Tube Pre Amp,SS Power in 1 box(integrated amp)... 
Amps that bring liveliness to low efficiency speakers?
Pure Class A! I read a review years ago on the Dynaudio Special 25’s..The most musical system was a Cayin Class A SS amp and the reviewer stated that because Class A is always "on" it allows saturation of the crossover and faster response time giv... 
What are you streaming tonight?
Binge watching college football 2018 on U tube... 
What are you streaming tonight?
Just finished practicing 8 Brocades Qi Gong & 24 form Yang Tai Chi while listening to Traditional Chinese Music of the South Changjiang River Valley via U Tube... 
SPEAKERS JUMPER CABLES
If you mean BiWire jumpers I was surprised at the difference from those horrible solid jumpers most manufacturers provide...Depending on your system any from $20.00 Mogami jumpers to the $100.00 Nordost... 
Dynaudio Special 40 or OLD Dynaudio Focus 160?
I honestly have not heard a SS amp in many many years and I am NOT a fan of Class D anything...IMO these speakers will be wasted without superb electronics.. 
Speaker match
There is a pair of LSA1 monitors for sale here that are a killer deal & would SING with this amp!!!I have a pair drivin by Quad VA-One tube amp & it sounds amazing... 
Best bookshelf speakers
There is a pair of LSA 1 monitors in Black Ash for sale here that are a SCREAMING deal... 
Best bookshelf speakers
Dali Zensor 3 all the wayyyy! They need a LOT of running in for the bass to come alive.. 
Dynaudio Special 40 or OLD Dynaudio Focus 160?
I have owned Dynaudios from the Audience 52,52SE,Focus 110,Excite X14 & have demo’d the Special 40’s with my little Quad Tube amp.... The Excite series is MUCH better than the Focus...They are more natural with NO bass hump & easier to dri... 
Speaker match
In that size room 15wpc.will drive ANY conventional speaker to convincing levels...I ran Dunaudios with 15wpc.in similar size room with wonderful results....I would look at Dali Zensor series,Wharfedale(especially the Denton Anniversary),Elac and ... 
Is this out there
radioclassics.com......................EVERY old time radio show made is available here & they have been digitally remastered for audio......I LOVE listening to The Lone Ranger,Gunsmoke,The Green Hornet,Suspense,Sherlock Holmes & on & ... 
Looking for a Optical (toslink) cable
 I like the solid glass Wireworld stuff...