grinnell

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Decware and “The List”
@hoosierinohio   there are 3 Decware Amps showing on Hifi Shark i bought mine used after 2-3 months looking   Hoosier in Colorado  
Decware and “The List”
Buy used Decware, it's faster  
Bookshelf Speakers with Rel 212se Subwoofer
Look at Reference 3A de Capos   never tried them with a sub b/c they have enough bass for me but it would defintely extend the range.  
Tube phono pre amps
Hagerman Cornet II  great sound for a good price   I went through 4-5 tube phono pres before landing on this on  
Speaker Cable Recommendations - Under 2k
Kimber Speaker cables  
Forget neutrality, what is your favorite lying, euphonic, juicy bit of kit?
MHDT Stockholm V2 DAC is euphoric richer sound than the DAC out of my CDP.    
Recommend A New DAC Between $1000 and $2000
MHDT  they have several in your price range, R2R, tube, NOS  
what cd player ?
I bought a Emotiva ERC-4 to replace a old MH cdp.  It has inputs for a digital signal if you want to use it for streaming.  Built like a tank, around $600 new.  Great sound  
What is the current retail cost of your reference system?
About 150 % of what i paid, all used mostly for 1/2 price except for the CDP  
Warm and accurate bookshelves that can handle volume
Ref 3A de Capo?    
Bookshelf speakers that pair well with Decware ZMA
I be third to suggest Ref 3A de Capos, use them with my Decware Mini Torii as well as a Primaluna PL2 and no trouble driving them, good bass clean detailed  
Fritz Carrera or other possibilities!
Take a look at the Ref 3A de Capos  detailed rich sound dont need a lot of power i run them in a room a bit bigger than yours off a 4 watt Deware amp  
Monitors for 14 x 20 Room
look for used Ref 3A de Capos  piano black can be found around 1K    
Recommendation for integrated amplifier for Paradigm Studio 20s v.5
Go tubes, a nice used amp with 30-40 wpc  
TT quandary
What can you do to upgrade?  You have a great rig with a great tonearm.  The mk4 is pretty nice.  Can you afford to buy a prime and compare side by side?  Get a nicer phono amp? I have a mk4 but just with a Jelco 250st arm, upgrading the tonearm ...