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Best Amp for Aerial 7B's, under 2500.00
I've heard both the Aragons and the Classe. The Classe is o.k., but not nearly as crisp and satisfying as the Aragons. You might also try some of the little monarchy monoblocks if you think you could do without some of the power. 
Speaker break in time.
Depends on the drivers used in the speakers. Dynaudio and Scan Speak drivers take a REAL long time (sometimes months) to sound their best, but start sounding good after a couple of weeks. Best thing to use is a warble tone cd, second best is white... 
Best of the small speakers
My first choice would be the Silverline SR17, though it may be a little out of the price range. Also very good are the Joseph Audio RM signatures. Clean, open, downright musical. Other choices would be the Soliloqy 5.3s, or some of the Proac Studi... 
Amp for Jm Lab Electra 920 (pass,krell)?
I would 'strongly' recommend going with tubes or a good hybrid, or a warm solid state amp. It sounds like you are primarily looking at solid state - definitely try the new Monarch SM70 Pro's in monoblock mode. Also the White Audio/Llano designs ge...