soix

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Thoughts?
Using the 906es as rear speakers seems a bit overkill and a little wasteful to me.  I think you were smart to consider just going with SVS.  You could get the Tower Surround package with their PB1000 Pro sub for about $2100 less whatever you could... 
I need help with an amp decision
What kind of sound characteristics are you looking for? 
CD player as a transport
If you could choose a CD player to use as a transport, which would you choose, and why would you choose it.None. There’s a Bluesound Vault available here for $450 you can just load all your CDs into and get off the dying single-disc transport merr... 
Just wondering about speaker cables
Or just find one cable that sounds good to you on all levels.  Lord knows there are enough out there to choose from, and it saves you from all the mixing/matching, trial and error, and potential added expense of going the other route.  Then again,... 
Streaming with vintage DACs
There are several R2R ladder DACs out these days, so it’s not necessary to revive an old DAC unless you just want to.  
Desktop DAC/Amp
The Bel Canto C5i is a solid all-around performer with a small footprint.   
Suggestions for new earbuds or similar
If you can stretch a little the Sennheiser Momentum True Wireless 2 would offer top-notch sound quality, at least for TWS earbuds.  But both the Anker Soundcore Liberty 2 Pro and TRN T300 offer DD and BA drivers at less than half the price of the ... 
Reference 3A MM de Capo Be - how do they sound?
What sound characteristics are most important to you and what electronics will you be driving them with?  These are excellent speakers, but only if they mesh with your personal tastes and other equipment.  
New/Used Amp recommendations for about $3k-$4k?
I wouldn’t suggest using a prepro with a good amp as it’ll just be a bottleneck to your overall system performance.  Just my $0.02.  Best of luck.  
Ideas to improve my system
I’d get an SVS SB1000 Pro sub for $500 and a Yamaha RX-A780 AVR from Accessories4less.com for $600, and for only $1100 you’ll have a great sounding home theater.  The AVR has front L/R preouts so I’d spend all the rest to get the best integrated s... 
Subwoofer for Nola Boxer
SVS SB1000 Pro is $499.  
Subwoofer for Nola Boxer
Budget? 
questions about streaming source for a headphone amp
I'm interested in using my MacBook and I'm glad to know that many do so. Does anyone have any obvious ways to bypass the laptop's dac? It looks like I'll need to use a USB connector of some kind ....Yeah, it’s just that a laptop is a noisy music s... 
Mac vs streamer.
Streamers can offer some improvement and people certainly like them but dropping several thousand for a streamer doesn't appear to get the results for the money. Many owners of Innuos, Lumin, Wolf, etc. streamers would strongly disagree.  
Tube Preamp - What to buy?
Audio Research and CJ are at opposite ends of the sonic spectrum.  What sound characteristics are you looking for?