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high-efficiency loudspeakers
Classic Audio Loudspeakers T3.4 or the Bigger Brother T1.5 Field Coils. Dynamics are scary, the speaker is so fast, smooth, and emotionally engaging. 
Best Rocking Speakers 15K and Under
Quested Speakers if you want to play it loud fatigue free. 
Which atmos reciever/preamp / integrated has the best room correction built in and atmos?
Best Room correction is no Room Correction, Spend more money on Room Acoustics and Bass Traps and you wont need to bother with some Electronic EQ messing up signal purity. 
Looking for the best Preamp with a phono circuit built in
Used Atma-Sphere MP-3 would be my choice.   
Review ATC SCM 40 A floorstanders.....finally
https://quested.com/testimonials/  
Review ATC SCM 40 A floorstanders.....finally
Quested Active Speakers are something to look at as well. Hans Zimmer uses these in all his studios and post/Mixing production rooms. 
Identify System Bottleneck - Digital Front End or Preamp
The Pre-amp is the heart of your system, The Power amps is the muscles.  Try to see if you can get a MP-3 Atma-sphere pre-amp or a MP-1 (If funds permit)I would go the opposite way than what audio doctor suggest and focus on getting a better pre-a... 
Berkeley Alpha DAC vs Lampizator Big7
Few Audiophiles over at Computer Audiophile forum moved from Lampi GG to Aqua Acoustics Formula XHD DAC. The Thread can be found under DACs. 
Aqua Acoustics DACs
I have dropped Asian Distribution for Aqua and have our last Formula XHD (Latest Version) in stock this is now posted on Audiogon. It is Almost 40% off Retail.  
High resolution digital is dead. The best DAC's killed it.
I agree Digital has improved so much and is constantly improving. Gone are those days paying 50K for a DCS or MSB DAC to attain sonic nirvana, Dacs priced modestly under 20Ks are leading the game. 
Highest BUILD quality tube amps?
I vote for Atma-Sphere. Reliability, Support & Best Warranty in the Industry. 
Aqua Acoustics DACs
Being an Ex-dealer for Aqua Acoustics, i can agree with Audio Doctor. Iv compared both La Scala and Formula. If funds permit obviously the Formula would be the one to go for.They are inherently very musical piece of hardware that shifts your atten... 
Turntable got absolutely crushed by CD
Whatever floats your boat! Their is no Right or Wrong. Both formats can work well depending on the Recording and the Room/Gear Setup.Personally i like a well setup Digital Player, the matter of convenience and the ability to browse through hundred... 
Benefits of adding a 10MHz Master Clock to a digital system
SOTM make one too and just posted a brand new unit on audiogon. 
Are high sample rates making your music sound worse?
Playback Design Up-samples everything to DSD then sends it to the analog section of the DAC, this applies to any file format.