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Headphone Amp Question
Scott,have a look at my second system.Then go grab a Schiit Audio(yep just like it sounds) Vali Hybrid amp.The all tube amps(except the $600.00+ Woo 6)aren't good with low impedance cans.Hybrids are juuuusssttt right!Schiit Audio is 100% American ... 
Need integrated amp with built-in USB DAC
Dared i30.Peachtree Audio. 
Building 2.0/2.1 PC system
I just realized that there are a bunch of turntables available today with built in DAC drives.One of these with either of the above mentioned amps will set you right up! 
Building 2.0/2.1 PC system
The problem is the phono stage.Most I/A's & receivers have dropped them.If you could go with an outboard phono stage I would recommend the Dared i30 Tube(6L6GC)integrated amp with built in USB DAC or one of Peachtree Audio's Integrated Amps. 
Recommendation needed
I would search the Head-Fi Equipment forum.Good luck. 
Speaker help under $2,500
Sonus Faber Toy Towers!!! 
Please help - WHICH INTEGRATED AMP?
I own Toy Towers & have heard them with Electrocompaniet ECI3 in a slightly bigger room.The sound was very very good.In your size room I would plug the rear woofer port with a sock.The Densen would be my #2 choice. 
B&W 683S2 for entery level speakers
OP is the room acoustically treated?The B&W's already have a tipped up presentation,if the room is bright or hard your gonna hear it.Also what electronics are you using?If I may suggest a used pair of Sonus Faber Grand Piano Home can probably ... 
B&W 683S2 for entery level speakers
Before you spend your hard earned $ have a LONG look at the Sonus Faber Toy Tower.WAYYYYYY better than the tin can tweeter B&W in every category & yes I know this for fact as I have owned both the 601S2 & 603S2's. 
desktop speakers for low watt tube integrate
Sonus Faber Toy Monitors! 
Best used floor standers up to $1300
SONUS FABER TOY TOWERS & CHANGE OUT THE TUBE IN THE PTA TO AN NOS MULLARD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 
Shopping for speakers at $1500-$2000 is a chore.
NO IT's NOT! Sonus Faber Toy Towers are easily in your budget range,they take up no more room than a monitor on a stand & they will pretty much lay waste to ALL the competition under $2K! 
Tube amp recomondations for Monitor audio RX6's?
I had a pair of the RX6's right after they came out & ran them with a 45wpc.Yaqin EL34 integrated.These speakers will sound AMAZING with just about any tube amp from about 20wpc.(depending on listening level & type of music) on up.At the e... 
Any HE Speakers with Sonus Faber Sound?
After a ton of reading up on SET's,with my taste in music & as much as I love my Toy Towers 10 wpc.just won't cut it.I'm going to give the Decware Zen Torii Jr.amp a try.Plenty of power & from what I've read performs up there with the rari... 
Amp + Speakers for a 13 ft X 10 ft room
Small Dynaudio's(Excite X12's,Audience 42 or 52's)& a Peachtree Audio Nova Integrated Amplifier driven by either computer via USB or any half way decent DVD/CD Player through Toslink is guaranteed to put a smile on your face & stay within ...