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Magico Mini 2 vs Kharma Midi Exquisit vs MBL 101s
I liked Martn Coltrane's with Einstein OTL's 60W monoblocks, and with Vitus SS101. Spectacular speakers, and they have worked superbly in smaller room then yours with Vitus. 
Next upgrade, DartZeel or Ayre
Lucky boy, Guarneri/Ayre sounds closed in, syrupy even. 
Next upgrade, DartZeel or Ayre
I heard Ayre MX-R driven directly by Nagra cdplayer on Guarneri Memento and that system was really bad. I couldn't even hear tape hiss on Living stereo SACD-s, syrupy midrange and hard upper mid... 
Next upgrade, DartZeel or Ayre
Try Tenor 
dcs puccini, chord red ref, meitner cdsa or nagra
Chadeffect, Nagra and Chord don't play SACD, and Meitner is lousy with red book. And how many DSD SACD-s are out there with decent sound? 
Okay......best single box reference CD player
My vote is split between Spectral SDR 4000s and Metronome Kalista integrated. 
dcs puccini, chord red ref, meitner cdsa or nagra
Why don't you try Metronome T2i sig or new transport converter combo T3A/C3A , Spectral SDR 4000 on red book is better then Scarlatti.