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Favorite guitar players not named......
Ernest Ranglin 
Honing down the speaker shortlist ~$5K
What about an Audio Note AN/E? Great sounding speaker not sure what the new price is but they come up used in your price range from time to time. And the direct descendant of your current Snell E's. 
audio note m3 preamp
@kedoades if it's a good deal I say go for it, it doesn't matter how old the design is, its the implementation that matters. I would take Audio Note over almost any other maker of gear in terms of amplification and hoping a pair of Audio Note spea... 
Cerious Technologies NEW Graphene Cables
And to further clarify that is two conductors per channel or four total, one each for positive and negative on both channels. 
Streaming music without a Laptop (or tablet, smartphone etc)
This thread should help you:https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/advice-on-best-upgrade-path-for-a-mac-mini-setup 
Aurender N100H---DAC Questions
Of course you can. 
Streaming music without a Laptop (or tablet, smartphone etc)
Seriously this question has been asked about 50 times in the last 30 days do some research here there are pages and pages of recommendations.  
Questioning the need for a DAC
@whitestix It sounds like you are happy with what you have that's a great place to be! So relax, don't worry about Dac's and enjoy the music. Cheers! 
Cerious Technologies NEW Graphene Cables
So here is what I don't understand, where is he getting his prices? Pretty sure the GE speaker cables are like $650 for 8 ft and interconnects are like $2-300 for 1M. Sounds like value priced cables to me not  $5-700 for entry level or $4000. And ... 
Music Server format?
+1 dbPoweramp and it has a file converter feature to convert WAV to FLAC or any other conversion you care to do, works great, super easy and great sounding copies. 
Synergistic Red Fuse ...
My system sounds good ergo I am happy. The end. :p 
Cerious Technologies NEW Graphene Cables
@csmgolf Definitely try the power cables they are what got me first hooked on Bob's cables. I has tried various pc's and was just not a believer until I got my first Nano Sig pc and it blew me away and totally changed my thoughts on power cords. S... 
Cerious Technologies NEW Graphene Cables
@klh007 I sent you a pvt message thanks. 
Vinyl Stereo setup: Paradigm Mini Montor v2. old speakers ?
Given the rest of the system those speakers sound like a good match. You will get a lot of answers to the question have speakers gotten better through technology, my answer is not always.  
Help, my system sounds lifeless!
Paul nice feet! :p On a more serious note that looks like a pretty small room or at least a narrow one for floorstanding speakers, no wonder you are have issues with bass response. They seem to be firing straight ahead have you experimented with t...