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System advice
All will be purchased pre-owned: Speakers: Revel Salon 2.  Still world class after all these years.  May be your last pair of speakers. Integrated amp/DAC:  Hegel H590.  Excellent and and excellent combo with the Revels. Suggestion:  Buy an out... 
XLR cables for a reasonable price?
Take my advise........Get yourself a pair of heavily discounted, pre-owned Audioquest "Earth" XLR interconnects, and thank me latter.    
When did you put the most effort in setting up your audio system?
Oh....that's an easy one.  "SPEAKER PLACEMENT.'  It took me forever and a day to get the optimal speaker placement of my beloved Revel Salon 2 speakers in my small room.  But once I got it right, it was all over.  Heaven!!!!    
Speakers 10 years old or older that can compete with todays best,
illaherman: I read of your recent listening experience, which included a pair of Spender Classic 200TI speakers. I have heard the Spender Classic 200TI speakers on several occasions and they are highly capable and outstanding sounding speakers ind... 
Five feet from the front wall
Based on my extensive experience with speaker placement in various sized rooms over the years, I've found that speakers, in almost every case, sounded better farther out into the room.  Just go to any High End Audio Show, and in 99.9% of the exhib... 
Can you live with your current speaker until you die?
Revel Salon 2 speakers.  Absolutely incredible!!!  The Revel Salon 2 speakers will be with me for the duration.    
speakers for small room
I have my Revel Salon 2 speakers in a smaller room, and they sound absolutely incredible there!!!  The Salon 2 speakers work so well in smaller rooms because they're so adjustable.  The Salon 2s tremble and bass settings can be adjusted and toned ... 
New Speaker advice
Several years ago, after extensive auditioning of multiple varying brands of speakers, I ended up with a pair of Revel Salon 2 speakers, and let me tell you something, I honestly don't believe I'll ever let these bad boys go.  They're just absolut... 
New Speaker advice
All you can do is listen, listen, listen, and then, listen some more.  Then, make a decision.  The end.   
Why the fascination with subwoofers?
hifidream.  I don't literally hate integrating subs, I just prefer not to.  Heck, one of the best systems I ever heard was at a High End Audio shop in San Francisco which was comprised of a pair of Magnepan 3.7i speakers with a pair of high qualit... 
Why the fascination with subwoofers?
I hate subwoofers!!!  That's why I own true full range, floor standing loudspeakers.  
Speaker recommendations :-)
Revel Salon 2 speakers finally will take off the speaker merry-go-round!!!  
No love for Legacy Audio
Who knows?  
PS Audio Aspen FR20: Planar Floorstanding Speakers
My opinion..............They look and sound great!!!  
When did you put the most effort in setting up your audio system?
It took me forever and a day to properly set-up my Revel Salon 2 speakers for optimal sound quality after having to move them from a lager room to a smaller room in the house.  It  was a very frustrating process, but I finally nailed it, and I've ...