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Tube Amp For Bi-Amping Tweeters
@buellrider97 Hello. You sent me a direct message but I can't message unfortunately so my answer I hope reaches you here. Yes you can use the MoFi 888 with tube amps. You have ample power, so provided they're linear tube amps, you're all good  
What type of speaker would sound better?
@bjesien lol what? It is not hard to get good bass in a speaker under $15,000. What bass lite speakers have you been listening to? Cos I can list speakers that do 20 to 20kHz under $15,000  
How large (or small) is the audiophile market?
@jtucker very small.   Apple's dongle revenue in a year can be used to pay for every company not already owned by Bose, Samsung  
Tube Pre-amp Suggestions.
@kds  if the budget is $3000, get this Tube Preamp. Get the 6SN7 tubes - https://www.schiit.com/products/freya-f       And for monoblocks of the Purifi cloth. HELL YES.   Get two monoblocks from Buckeye. This is the top of the line Eigentakt... 
Tube Pre-amp Suggestions.
McIntosh C22 Tube Preamplifier Mk V @kds   
Interim SS Amp - Likely Candidates?
@norust your friend likes you. Get the AHB2  
Pre/Pro Units with USB Inputs? And Coax vs. USB?
uhm a coax can transmit up to 24bit, 192kHz PCM so unless you're listening to some left field sample rate. you're all good. Yes USB can transmit more data so higher sample rates than 192kHz(which is useless for playback imo as even most studios re... 
Need advice with matching amp with speakers
what do you want help with cos the amplifier is neutral sounding so will impart less than audible character to the speakers. your worry should be speaker/room coupling not amplifier as the amplifier is competent and capable of driving the speaker ... 
Is there a ROON sound?
Lol what? Roon doesn't have a sound  
Bass Traps
wait are you doing this blind without measurements? @mjjw  This video is timely - Acoustic Treatment: The Strategy for Small Studios Yes it is for studios but the general comments are very much what you need to get familiar with. But for the lov... 
McIntosh MA352 replacement
@jeffreyw I tried. I guess their mind is already made up even before this post.  
McIntosh MA352 replacement
What you need is a subwoofer I’d you don’t have one @kvpower  This video is as exhaustive about the LS50 Meta as it can be and you’d learn a thing or two - LS50 Meta Review  
Wasted amp power to limited range speakers...how degrading is it to SQ?
you're not wasting anything. you're fine and overthinking it. Some amplifiers are more efficient so there's that but don't fret @zander024   
Anyone can help...Magico S1 Mk2
why not reach out to Magico themselves? @audiowin55   
Replace my Auraliti
Get this - HOLO AUDIO RED Audio Network Player and use either Moode Audio or RoPieeeXL (which are popular audiophile-focused Linux distributions you can install on the Red's microSD card), you can typically connect a USB hard drive or flash drive...