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Help me find a pre-amp
Supratek’s are very musical sounding and quite affordable for what you get.  
Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC
I used to think a pre was all about purity of the signal, but now being in this game for nearly forty years I feel the most important is the tone and decay of instruments and voices, not sure a solid state pre can achieve that actually, I am using... 
Single input tube preamp
Supratek pre amps, great sounding.  
Do I Need a Dedicated Streamer?
I am very excited to try the Volumio Rivo this holiday, unfortunately it has gotten stuck in customs, so I have to be patient, I want to try it as I use Roon and the Rivo is said to sound great with Roon, my dac is a Primare Dac30.  
Eversolo a6 and Lampizator
Volumio Rivo gets great reviews in Europe especially used with Roon.  
Is there such a thing as a good medium priced music streamer?
In Europe the Volumio Rivo is selling very well, is said to sound very good with Roon.  
HIfi Rose 150b OR volumio rivo+DAC
Sorry you did not get any response here, this forum is usually very good in giving recommendations. I understand your dilemma, but I have been in your position these last few weeks and I came to the conclusion that separate is the way to go, I ho... 
Electronics for Harbeths -- $5-10K
Thus one should do http://www.audiodrom.net/en/integrated-amplifiers/detail/31-integrated-amplifiers/664-aesthetix-audio-mimas   AESTHETIX AUDIO Mimas review at audiodrom  
Electronics for Harbeths -- $5-10K
You probably wouldn’t go wrong with the Ayre. Were it me I would try the Swedish brand Moonriver, their Reference intergrated, it is an amp that was developed using BBC designed speakers and is said to be fantastic with Harbeth, Spendor and Graha... 
New computer for Streaming????
You are thinking about the Mac Mini M1 and M2  models that are very good and very powerful for running Roon for example. you also get a great computer at the same time and if instead of usb, you would using Ethernet port for streaming I would th... 
Time To Upgrade My Digital Front End
Please don’t anyone take out a mortgage for buying hifi equipment. Better to save and remember that if you use speakers then the room is the most important thing to get the best out of, the big second are the speakers, a dac should be much furthe... 
Thinking about selling my Vincent 737
Hearing your budget, I agree with some of the guys here in keeping your Vincent, I would think you need more funds to get better sound quality. But if you want different sound, why not try some other intergrated amps? your biggest change will alw... 
my shortlist for integrated Harbethsuper hl5 plus xd - please advise
@grislybutter It did not.  
my shortlist for integrated Harbethsuper hl5 plus xd - please advise
Moonriver 404 or 404 Reference, I was told they were being developed using BBC family of speakers all though not exclusively so, are said to sound great with Graham Audio speakers.  
Thinking about selling my Vincent 737
Not knowing your budget makes it a bit difficult. But I would go with something like Aric Audio or Supratek pre into a AVA power amp, that would give you a lot for your money. Good hunting.