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buget used amp ?
What sound characteristics are most important to you? 
LSA Signature 20?
What sound characteristics are most important to you, and what’s your budget? 
Next step up from Acoustic Zen Crescendo II's
Have you thought about adding a couple good subs or, even better, a Swarm?  That might give you everything you’re looking for and be much cheaper as well.  Just a thought.  
OPPO 205 or Bel Canto PL-1
At least Bel Canto is still in business.  
Help Me Choose or Confuse Me More
The Silverline Minuet Supreme Plus is a great little speaker — very balanced and natural sounding — and only costs $700/pr new.  Best of luck.  
WILSON AUDIO.....BIG NAME, BIG PRICE........ARE THEY THAT GOOD?
Sounds like you’re just looking at speakers you can get a deal on.  If you share what sound characteristics are most important to you it’ll get you better recommendations here.   
Next step up from Acoustic Zen Crescendo II's
What improvements are you looking for and what sound characteristics are most important to you? 
Speaker Suggestions/Opinions
I think ProAc, Sonus Faber, and Spendor are all great options, and I’ll add Joseph Audio that are masters of disappearing and to my eye look great from the Pulsars on up.  Verity Audio, Nola, and Rockport would be some others to look at.  Best of ... 
Looking to buy a power conditioner
There’s a nice Audience aR2-TSO available here at half price, and at a lower price point on US AudioMart there’s a Running Springs Audio Duke that’s below half price.  Both only offer two outlets, but you can easily add a good power strip to expan... 
Are warm or colored speakers disrespectful of musicians/producer/engineers?
Pretty sure they’re ok with it as long as you’re buying their music.  
Best Wireless ear buds for SOUND..??!
Some others you can look at:TRN T300Anker Soundcore Liberty 2 Pro Alpha & Delta DawnHelm Audio 5.0 
Need DAC Ideas
I think the Denafrips Venus also falls within your price range.  
Speaker Upgrade for Lyngdorf 3400
You might also try the Sonus Faber Olympica Novas.  Best of luck.  
Bose question
Not gonna find many Bose fans here.  Maybe go to Orb Audio where you can get a pair of their balls for $259 that’d look and sound much better.  Best of luck.  
New Anthem AVM 70 and MRX 740 difference in processing
I, in fact, have spoken to Anthem. The answer is that there are better internals and dacs.Well that’s a very lame response from a manufacturer if they didn’t go into any more detail than that.  I took a look at past Anthem threads and @cbrents73 ...