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The Hungarian lands tomorrow.
Wooohoo that looks awesome dude! And I  love Hungary land of great music, gypsy's and Tokaj Aszu! 
Pre amp for Lamm!
What do you mean by not enough "juice"?  
Tidal hifi
Qobuz is better for my tastes but Tidal is still an excellent service do a free trial of both and see which you prefer. 
You mean someone buys this stuff?
I have to say that looks cool but it's an accident waiting to happen. Someone will buy it I'm sure. 
Considering an integrated
I just listened to the Synthesis A40 Virtus at Deja Vu Audio today it sounded phenomenal driving a pair of Audio Note AN-J's. 40 pushpull watts from a pair of KT66 tubes per channel. Plus a great sounding built in Dac, no phono stage however price... 
Why did you choose the components and speakers that are in your system?
If you have a good local dealer go there listen and put yourself in their hands if you like what you hear. 
What is the difference between EL34 A,B,C, or PH tubes.
Best current EL34 variant is the Gold Lion KT77 by a large margin in my opinion and others whose ears I trust. 
Cary SLI-80 or SLI-100?
Great post by decooney and I totally agree the EL34 tube sounds like more of what you're looking for soundwise and the SLI-80 will drive your Proacs no problem. Also you can use the fantastic Gold Lion KT77 in the SLI-80 an amazing sounding curren... 
Make IT Sing
Well how does it sound? And how small a room? And have you considered room treatments if that's domestically allowable? 
Why do people say low power amps should be good for bookshelf speakers?
Definitely an ignorant comment or as Larry says a salesperson with an agenda. And my eyes must be playing tricks I thought I saw a post by @viridian talk about pleasant surprises! 
Violin Moves All Over the Sound Stage
If you're having this issue with more than just the one recording something may be wired out of phase check your speaker connections.  
Tubes for Cary V12 amps.
I don't know specifically what PSvane UK grade means but I had a set of PSvane Phillips Reproduction EL34's briefly and they were unacceptably bright. Fancy packaging but not good tubes. 
Tube Flavor
@hilde45 great post.  It would be great if b_limo could chime back in with more details. 
Transient vs. Analysis Plus
+1 Don't hide that amp in the basement looking at it is part of the appeal! 
Tube Flavor
If you're asking if preamp and power tubes need to be brand match I would say no. Preamp and other small signal tubes can be a great way to experiment with NOS but as Tom says above NOS power tubes can be prohibitively expensive. What tubed gear a...