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mboldda1

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Are my standards too high?
so why are you even on here if you can't find a speaker good enough for you?  Stick with headphones. 
put tube amp on to shelf of a rack
just call a friend and say free beer and bbq. 
Tubes?
looking at the damping factor on the tube amps your bass will suffer. 
1000.00 speakers
https://www.accessories4less.com/make-a-store/item/cantvento836.2blka/canton-vento-836.2-7-2-way-bookshelf-speaker-black-pair/1.html  
Integrated Amplifier Suggestions?
https://www.audiothesis.com/product-page/norma-audio-revo-ipa-70b-integrated-amplifier  
Floorstanding speakers - $2-3K
from a German giant. https://www.accessories4less.com/make-a-store/item/cantvento896dcblka/canton-vento-896-dc-8-3-way-floorstanding-speaker-black-gloss-each/1.html  
Norma Audio IPA-140 integrated
there are quite a few other more recent reviews out there that don't share that opinion including mine. 
Norma Audio IPA-140 integrated
i didn't have the kinki on hand, only the mastersound.  the norma blows the kinki out the water. 
Norma Audio IPA-140 integrated
they have two lower priced models. https://www.audiothesis.com/norma it is quite a bit of coin but in comparison the pass labs 25 watt integrated is $7250. 
700.00 speakers new or used
find an extra $100 in the couch for a $1500 pair of German gems. https://www.accessories4less.com/make-a-store/item/cantvento830.2blka/canton-vento-830.2-7-2-way-bookshelf-speaker-black-gloss-pair/1.html  
Most organic / real / analogue sounding DAC (ideally with Volume Control) for $1500??????
I second the L.K.S.  MH-DA0004 dac,also take a look at the musical paradise all tube dac.https://www.musicalparadise.ca/store/index.php?route=product/product&path=61&product_id=97 
~$15K floorstanders: opinions sought
Canton, not well known in the american market but great speakers. https://www.accessories4less.com/make-a-store/item/cantventoref1.2dcwhta/canton-vento-reference-1.2-12-3.5-way-speaker-white-each/1.html https://www.accessories4less.com/make-a-st... 
Why are there so many wooden speakers?
@kenjit, my speakers use hdf and aluminum, if you don't like mdf then only buy from manufacturers that use other materials.  if enough people do that then the others will switch to new materials or go out of business.magico and yg acoustics will b... 
Need preamp recommendation
dehavilland ultraverve 3 
So what ever happened to Kinki Studio???
@roberjerman, if Kinki made the cover of Stereophile it would cost them so much that they would raise the price of the amps and they would no longer be a bargain.