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Best bookshelf speakers
Love my de Capos. I have the i model with the wood cabinetthese are great with a nice midrange. very realistic and efficient. i use mine with a 4 watt decware mini torii and it gets loud when needed in a 12x22 roomhard to find used these days but ... 
Looking for a low heat tube amp
Look at Decware, low watt amps and i don't think they put out much heat 
What separate tube phono stage do you use ?
Hagerman Cornet IIVersion III is currently being produced.   great sound around 600.00 
Efficient 2 way bookshelf/monitors under 2k
There were a lot for sale around 2008-2011 when i bought mine.  We the new BE and the weird finish the older i model has disappeared.  I love the cherry wood veneer on mine.  Don't care for the piano black finish but I have a post Victorian home :) 
Efficient 2 way bookshelf/monitors under 2k
I get pretty good volume with 4 watts! 
Efficient 2 way bookshelf/monitors under 2k
The De Capos are 92 db the Fritz'z 87db effthe load on the de capos is pretty flat an easy load for tubes 
Spam threads gone wild...
But that condo deal in Malaysia is not real? 
Efficient 2 way bookshelf/monitors under 2k
Ref 3A de Capos. I have a Decware mini torii. VPI hw-19 mk ivit won't be blasting loud but it will sing, detailed realistic. i have some Klipsch Quartets i used with this louder but not as sweet a sound 
Tripod for projector enclosure
Try B&H Photo 
Decware Mini Torii single ended tube amp OR Wyred 4 sound SX1000 mono blocks ( Class D )?
Love my mini torii with my Klipsch Quartets, sweet sound. load but not real loud 
Best phone preamp for around $500?
there is a very nice Hagerman Cornet II phono amp for sale at Audio Circlei have one and it is amazing    
Phone Stage and DAC for PrimaLuna Dialogue Premium
There is a really nice Hagerman Cornet II photo stage on Audio Circle for half the price you state.  I used one with my Primaluna PL2  great sound and I went through 5 tube stages before the Cornet 
Spend my $1000 on a turntable
yes a VPI HW-19 mk iii or iv is the bomb  easy to work on solid great prices 
What are your top songs that you use to evaluate a new high end purchase ?
Zappa's Apostrophe  
Turntable isolation
I know some people with HW-19's took out the springs and used sorbothane/rubber in its place