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Tube or solid state
Use tube only if you prefer Low Fi and enjoy this vintage sound. :)  
Tube or solid state
If you have the budget : go for a Technics R1000. Best amp on the market at any price  
Audiophile sound quality from a more "mainstream" company?
The best overall amp I have owned in 30 years is a Technics SU C700. One of the best amps under 5000$ Review of TECHNICS SU-C700 EG-S    
New Pink Floyd release
Dark Side doesn't need "remastering" : it needs "remixing" (like Animals).  
World's Best Stereo System ?...
Mine :)  
need amp recommendations for more separation of instruments
Review and test of FDA TECHNICS SU-C700 EG-S amplifier One of the best, if not the best amp I listened to since 30 years, what ever the price !  
Under my tower speakers -- Isoacoustics Gaia, other options?
Here you can find a paper about coupling or decoupling speakers (in french but Google Translator will turn it into english). On concrete floor : the best solution is coupling spikes .... but the good general cases way to carry loudspeakers is to ... 
Technics
Technics SU-C700 full digital amplifier is one of the best value you can find under 5000$... it's way above anything in the FDA segment, and also the Class A segment. turn on your page translator ;)    
The MoFi Mess and TAS rolling over for them
it is obvious that the thousands of vinyl reissues that are currently released each week are not pressed from master tapes but from a CD or FLAC format. Not only do you have to be a bit silly to think of vinyl as Hifi, but you have to be downright... 
What’s your latest high-end audio purchase?
TECHNICS C700  
The Curious Case of the Technics Integrated Digital Amplifier
Here’s a detailed review :Technics su c700 test and review