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Speaker Cables With SET Amps
47 Labs OTA cable is fantastic. It is solid core copper, very thin wire, madefor low powered / high efficiency systems. 
Sophia Electric 91-01 and 91-5 300B
Sophia electric amplifiers are Chinese junk. If you don't believe me, ask them for a photo of the insides of their amplifiers. They use cheap components, put together poorly. I auditioned several of their 300b models in their McLean, VA "factory",... 
Sonos to Amp - is simplicity better?
I can speak to this with some experience. I have 6 Sonos zones in my home. My main system consists of a Sonos zone player driving a pair of Audio Note kits 300b Monoblocks directly (downstream from them is a horn system). I have tried, quite liter... 
Top Speaker Cables for SET System- under $5k used
47 Labs OTA Cable, with bare ends tinned with WBT silver solder. 47 Labs is all about simplicity, these cables are 26 gauge. Too small? Just right if you are pushing only a few watts. You can get them from Sakura Systems.Note that I have two 300b ... 
Pass or First Watt
I have a horn system in my home, efficiency is a bit over 100 dB / watt. There is only one solid state amp. that I have ever heard that I would consider running with it, the Pass Aleph J. Literally, almost indistinguishable from my 300b amps. I ha...