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Dynaudio v Revel
In this price range, I'd give a listen to the Contour 3.0 or 3.3's - both are nimble, eloquent loudspeakers. 
components in your system
CD's and LP's. 
Amps for Dynaudio ?
I have a second system with Contour 3.0's - I hooked them up to an Aragon 8008BB and the match is pretty nice. Tara RSC Air/1 speaker cables. I had a Sonic Frontiers 80 wpc tube amp - but the Contours both demand power and produce rewards when the... 
Top Audio Designers Of All Time?
Tom Colangelo - Cello, Ltd., for the Audio Palette, the Audio Suite, and the Performance II monoblocks, among others. Cello (Mark Levinson) gave Tom the freedom to design without a price point (although I suppose that "inexpensive," "reasonable," ... 
Top Ten Pre Amp Solid State of all time?
Cello Audio Suite. Not cheap but configurable via modules for SE, balanced, and either MC or MM phono. Premium and standard modules. Separate power supply. Recommend only the premium modules. Hand-built, all-out audio. The IMAX of audio. Sweet, de... 
TOP TEN solid state amps of all time?
Cello Performance II monoblocks. Lightning fast, articulate, sweet, and powerful. One chassis is the power supply (energy is stored in a dual choke instead of capacitors), and the other is the (one-channel) amp. This monster doesn't run out of ste... 
Audio Research LS 16 opinions.
I have an LS-16 front-ended by a GenVa, and front-ending an Aragon 8008BB and Dynaudio Contour 3.0's. The preamp is very transparent and very neutral -- you won't get a "tubey," glowing coloration from this preamp, even though it uses four 6922's ... 
Best and Worst customer service?
Best:- The Cable Company. Class act. Recently intervened with a cable mfgr. for me - the mfgr. agreed to an upgrade which cost The Cable Company the sale of a pair of expensive cables. Putting my interests ahead of their short-term gain has booste... 
Dynaudio Confidence 5-speaker cables????
Give a listen to Tara - RSC Air One or better. I have a pair of Contour 3.0's and selected the Tara. Of course, listen before you buy.