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Excellent affordable preamps keep springing UP
One that shows up; but not often would be Klyne Audio preamps series 6 or 7. 
Rich; organic true balanced amp w good detail $6k
Sutts;I listened to the 401HR on my friends soundlab a3's and was very impressed.Moscode is a tube hybrid rated at 200 watts per channel;listening to the A3's there was a large soundstage,excellant bass control and the strings seemed just natural ... 
Rich; organic true balanced amp w good detail $6k
How about the moscode 401HR;200 watts per channel, a 30 day in home trial period, it lets the owner do a lot of tube rolling that should not break the bank. The only requirement it does not meet is it not a balanced amp. 
Best speakers for 3 cord rock and roll
keep an eye out for snell c4 or c5's; my friend in Mn had c5's and was into rock and roll with bass; the c5's did the job for him. 
All about the bass
how about dunlavy sc4 or sc5; able to biamp using solid state on the woofers and tubes on the mid/highs; I ran a pair of sc3's like this with excellant results for several years until I moved into soundlab's m2 speaker. 
Need some $500 & under Amp recommendations
How about Odyssey Audio; they get excellant reviews;transferable 20 yr warranty to the second owner; and a guy named Klaus who stands behind his product without question.Also the performance to value is high;if you decide to keep them a upgrade pa... 
Tube Amp recommendation
since you are going high efficent speakers how about trying the OTL route with atmasphere's 30 or 60 watt amps?OTL is supposed to be audio nirvana! 
Tube amps with BALLS in the low end registrer ???
How about the wolcott p220 monoblocks? 220 watts, adjustable damping for fine tuning and excellant quality. 
Seeking opinions on best amp match for Aerial20T
how about the moscode 401HR amp; has a 30 day in home trial and 200 watts of power. 
Speaker dilema
I would look at dunlavy sc3 or sc4 should mate well with the cary; I ran sc3 with cary slam 100 amps and the sound was excellant once the speakers were set up properly. 
Who is your overall favorite guitarist?
How about Stevie Ray Vaughan? 
Music to evaluate Speakers and System
Midirons;Thanks for article as it was a interesting read with many points of which I never thought of.Audiofeil;When people come to your home to audition gear; do you find many people using the same genre of music or are they mixing it up; I was j... 
Music to evaluate Speakers and System
I do use 'the ultimate reference disc' by Chesky and a choir recording 'Cante Domino' I think it is on Propertiuslabel.I was just intertested in the other types of music/recordings other people are using whether it was for dynamics,imaging,phase,l... 
Moving away from tubes. Is this a good idea?
I was like you in the beginning but I decided to move into tubes anyhow; always remember there are many people with many years of tube experience that you can ask questions of and from. I found that midrange tube sound is what I like,have never fo... 
I have just purchased the latest Sound Lab M1
Sure is a interesting thread; for me it is pretty simple on the OTL definition; If the input signal flows only off the output tubes and goes to the speaker output jacks then to me the amp is OTL; if there is a transformer in the path it is not OTL.