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Suggestions from all you wise ones
^^^ Go hear as many systems as you want BUT without Live Music reference as to what  instruments actually sound like how the hell do you know what your chasing? 
Sonus Faber Alternatives That Offer Similar Sound and Performance, your expertise needed!
NOTHING sounds like a Sonus Faber!Your going to make the same mistake made by countless audiophiles.Your going to try speaker after speaker trying to find a sound that is only available from SF..My advice is stick with what you have and keep savin... 
Suggestions from all you wise ones
When is the last time you heard live music?Go see a few concerts of differing types of music.Since our ultimate goal is to reproduce recordings as closely to the original event as possible the only baseline you should use to gauge your system is a... 
Styx cover of album Mission to Mars is a Turntable!
LOLOLOL!!!There was a time when the album cover cost as much or more to make as the record itself.. 
New high end speakers - will this work!?
Looking at your system I would agree that your speakers are likely the weak link... I started out with Dynaudio speakers long ago..The last couple months I have demo’d several highly regarded monitors in an effort to simply add a little more botto... 
Dynaudio Special 40's or Aerial 5T's
I have lived with Dynaudio Excite X14's for a year and a half..In the last couple months I have demo'd EVERYTHING(no Fritz or Ref.3A) in a monitor available around the $2000.00+ mark including Boxer II,Ryan R610,Harbeth C7ES3,Haydn Grand & the... 
A Millennial recounts their journey from low-end to high-end audio.
Cool post and it sounds like your on the right path but IMO there are inexpensive speakers like the Dali Zensors or Elacs that will far outperform the vintage speakers...JMO FWiW.. 
Tube amps and heat
Hybrid is a good compromise.Nothing is perfect & you may notice a slight loss of tube magic but small price to pay for heat savings...As for hardware there's Unison Research,BAT,Vincent,Rogue Audio,Croft to name a few... 
Cryongenically treated in-wall AC power wire
Why would he ask how long you wanted wire?Length of wire should be bare minimum from recep to recep with a single home run back to panel & no extra length....Wire SIZE should be #12 unless the home run is 50’+ then I recommend upsizing to#10..... 
Tube and SS pairs
IMO with a hybrid system you still miss a certain organic sound that only all tube systems provide..Todays tube amps use the best power transformers available and can control properly chosen speakers with just as much authority as SS.Gross miss ma... 
Adding a separate amp to AVR?
No,No benefit UNLESS you add a Tube Amp for stereo listening THEN HUGE Benefits!!! 
I would like to have a computer
I'm not an expert but I'll try to help you out...Requirements 1&2 are easy & only require a laptop or any computer with a good size hard drive..There are a few Programs that make it easy but you need to spend some time reading through Comp... 
were do i find music online ???
dimitris7 if this is the first week with the system those speakers are going to need SERIOUS run in to completely open up...The Zensors I had didn’t come alive till wayy after 300 hours,sounding as you described,tonally flat & boomy on the bot... 
were do i find music online ???
Your system looks well balanced,plenty of power & speakers that should image & stage well..I've never heard your gear but have heard Dali speakers farther down the line & know they can stage & image with the best..My best guess is ... 
Dynaudio x38’s
Specs show 88db.sensitivity BUT real world is probably more like 83-85db.4 ohms nominal with Dynaudio's proprietary phase correction crossover means it will NOT drop below 4 ohms at any time & remain close to 6ohms average through most of the ...