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25 year warranty – thoughts invited
Most Audio firms don't last that long? 
Best Speakers You Have Ever Heard In Your Home
Acoustic Zen Cresendo 
Best tube preamp with remote under $2000 used
Yes. I have owned both, EE is far better sounding and FAR better made. 
Best tube preamp with remote under $2000 used
Far inferior to Avant. 
Best tube preamp with remote under $2000 used
NEW EE Avant is a giant killer. 
Live vs Recording
You're even smarter than I thought you were Al.Usually guys with your level of tech knowledge don't have your good taste as well-LOL .I wouldn't say Brahms 1st is my absolute fave, that varies between Schubert and Bruckner's 9th, but it is in my t... 
Live vs Recording
You make a lot of good points Al. Another reason I like the Castle Harlechs is that they are a 1/4 transmission line design which I have thought was best for Symphonic music since back in the day of the IMF and Fried.. I gather PMC uses it to adva... 
Live vs Recording
Right you are Tube, I think of planers as amateur singers who don't know how to breathe properly.Hard to see how anyone could miss the phase bit, on vinyl at least. 
Is it real or just my imagination?
Many tube freaks , well me anyway, bias their tube amps on a weekly basis.About time for my Response Audio Bella Extreme to go into Winter aux heating service . 
Floor protectors - Under speaker spikes
Parts Express is the go to firm for this kind of stuff, easy to order off Amazon as well. 
First tt: SP10/Black Widow/Mico Acoustics QDC-1e
One hell of a rig, I used MA carts for about 5 years back in the 70's, almost cried when they went out of business.One of the biggest myths in audio was that Jap DD turntables were not "musical", the US and Europeans simply lacked the technology a... 
Is Yamaha A-S2000 a good fit for B&W 803D's
A lot to be said for a big company with deep pockets on the quality and service front. 
PS Audio PWD run directly or use a preamp
Hows your Dodge Dart doing? 
Distance from speakers - 2-way vs. 3-way vs. ?
Not really, crossover design has more to do with it than number of drivers. 
New speakers for an old receiver
Paradigm if you listen to rock, as Mapman says Triangles are great on acoustic music as are smaller KEF .