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Wife opened door to build my best ever system...ideas for what it should be?
If you are keeping your speakers and this is all going to amplification: McIntosh 462 with matching tube or solid state preamp; or Luxman M900, Son of Ampzilla, Plinius Reference 150, or Belles Power Modules Virtuoso--any with matching preamp; or ... 
What are your top three live concerts of all time?
Dave BrubeckYo-Yo Ma and Emmanuel AxZZ TopLynyrd Skynyrd 
best vintage stereo receiver
I’m sure the OP has moved on, but I couldn’t read this without adding: https://classicreceivers.com/advent-300 
Best options for active speakers $4k or below?
Neumann KH 310 
Who puts their speakers right up against the back wall and why?
Gradient Revolution:  https://www.gradient.fi/en/loudspeakers/5-gradient-revolution.html 
Joseph audio perspectives, magico a3, ATC scm40 v2
Suggest that you talk about ATC with Brad (ATC importer) at https://www.lonemountainaudio.com 
Joseph audio perspectives, magico a3, ATC scm40 v2
Snell A3 
Joseph audio perspectives, magico a3, ATC scm40 v2
Gradient Revolution was designed for placement against a wall. 
Joseph audio perspectives, magico a3, ATC scm40 v2
Get the ATC 40 active, then you don't need to worry about amps. 
A speaker audio journey over: Classic Audio Loudspeakers T1.5 Reference = End game
Happy for you (and envious). I hope that they bring you much enjoyment. 
SET 45 and their (real) required speaker efficiency
See what John Kalinowski can make for you. Below is a fair idea of what you'll need:http://www.bd-design.nl/contents/en-us/d132_John_Kalinowski.htmlOr maybe one of these:http://classicaudioloudspeakers.com/cgi-bin/index.pl?fs=2&upper=25&co... 
Expanding questions about tubes in a preamp
Hope I'm not putting words in @mulveling mouth--get a tube preamp that uses a better tube. I've never liked preamps with 12AX7s--the timbre seems off and dynamics seem non-linear. Hard to be sure, though, as it is the whole system being listened t... 
Why was the entry level line at Audio Research eliminated?
If we're mentioning favorite brands in this category, I'll go with Quicksilver. 
Minimonitors
Also agree with Yogiboy. Harbeth P3ESR with a subwoofer—a Rythmik F12G would be a great choice. 
Review ATC SCM 40 A floorstanders.....finally
Can we get @lonemountain input to 9radua1's post?