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Amp to drive Verdant Nightshade 1
scott from verdant hangs out here, comments regularlyyou should hear the answer from the horse's mouth!! 
Same Wiring of Speakers and Speaker Cables
no 
Upgrade Question
if you want a one box solution, i would suggest a modwright modded sony or marantz cd player with outboard tube rectified power suppy and tube output stage - well i guess with the power supply it is 2 boxes...  :)some of the best sound from cd pla... 
The Belles Aria Signature Integrated Amplifier
@gdnrbob couldn’t agree morein fact i voted with my feet (and wallet haha)my second system is an aria with node 2i/ayre codex driving harbeths (the codex purchased with your suggestion several months back, thank you)lovely natural rich coherent im... 
High Performance Audio - The End?
funny (and maybe) a little sad when folks on the forum tell others what and how to enjoy - we shouldn’t be so heavy handed, best to maintain some modesty - the beauty and journey of this pursuit is to learn and acquire what sounds good for each of... 
High Performance Audio - The End?
pretty much everybody has an angle, a schtick to play the angleyoutubers want views, so they put up click bait and say stimulating/controversial thingshigh end audio salespeople seek big fish, won’t waste time with tire kickers and peonseven if fo... 
The Belles Aria Signature Integrated Amplifier
cool!interested to know price point and improvements over the aria, which in itself is an excellent unitcan't find anything on line on it as of yet 
NOS Tube Vendors: Vintage Tube Services and/or HiFi Town- Experiences with/reviews of etc?
i have been a tube buyer and user for decadesnever heard of hifi town 
Speaker advice for first hi-fi setup - Monitor Audio Gold vs. KEF R series!
not what you want to hear, but you are barking up the wrong tree if you mean what you say about warm and listenabilityproacspendorharbeth 
Floorstanding speakers - $2-3K
first, given it is a basement system with a 9 ft ceiling, let me say that room treatments are really important - get the floor soft, deal with corner and side reflections, also ceiling reflections -- upgrading speakers with a sub optimal room is a... 
Margin on speaker sales by high end dealer
question asked and answerednext! 
1000.00 speakers
similar thread just a few days ago 
Prema luna Prolog 5 replacement power tubes (KT88)
primaluna tubes are rebranded shuguang chinese tubesupscale kevin deal is also primaluna so he would be the logical sourceprimaluna amps run relatively modest bias currents in power tubes so they are not super picky with tubes used... you can buy ... 
Room Correction: Should I disconnect my REL Subwoofers before running room correction?
depends of the subs can have their levels adjusted by the dirac bearing unit appropriately 
Margin on speaker sales by high end dealer
40-50% on mrsp on most