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Second audio system in your house?
I have three also and they are pretty decent.In my upstairs office I have a MAC MA6500 fed by a Sony Xa5400esand  a Rega P25 driving Revel M22s.In my main floor living room I have a Rotel RCd1072 and Sonos Zone player feeding a Rotel RX1052 receiv... 
Best Drum Solos
The drum solo from Soul Sacrifice by the guy who was playing for Santana at Woodstock.....absolutely awesome!! 
Recommed a medium sized monitors that can go loud
If you want to save a few bucks, look for a gently used pair of Revel M22s. They sound great, very detailed with very good bass. Can play loud and can be gotten for under 1000 dollars now because they never received any press. An outstanding speak... 
Advice on New Integrated Amplifier
McIntosh MA6500 would be perfect for you. Two sets of speaker outputs. can definitely drive 4-6 ohm loads and sounds absolutely spectacular. 
Under $2000 speaker for McIntosh MA6500
Mac ma6500 and Revel m22s have been phenomenal for me. Full bodied , detailed and musical all at the same time 
Integrated amp for B&W 685s
Any Rotel 
b&w 685: heard 'em, liked 'em, but wondering
I have the 685s in my living room and absolutely love them. While its not in the system I use for critical listening, they are so musical that I have absolutely no intention of changing them. I power them with a Rotel integrated and a the Rotel 10... 
sweetest sounding ss integrated
I think there are a number of offerings from Musical Fidelity that would work really well with the B&W 703's. The A300 is one and I'd bet the 308 and A5 would be nice with them also 
Good integrated amp for Paradigm Studio 40?
I used a Musical Fidelity A300 integrated with them and had great results. The A300 has a nice full bodied sound that works well with the 40's. 
Budget Tuner Recommendations
The best inexpensive tuner you can buy is a Carver TX11a.They sound great and you could get one (or even the TX11) for in the neighborhood of $75-150. Someone turned me on to these when I was thinking of an old McIntosh telling me to save the diff... 
Guitar player? , What model do you own or play?
I'm an everyday player with a Fender Muddy Waters telecaster. a strat, an ovation, and an Epiphone Sheraton played through either Fender or Mesa Boogie amps.My hi-fi is Sim I5, Meridian cd player, Paradigm speakers or #2 system= MF A300 Sony cd pl... 
Anybody getting Paradigm Studio 100's to image?
It depends on your set-up including room and electronics. They'll never image like monitors but they definately are way better than Circuit city stuff. I had the 40v2's and they imaged really well. The 100v2's that I have now don't image as well b... 
Audio Research VSI-55, Pathos ClassicOne, or SS
I have both the Pathos Classic One v2 and the Sim I5. Both are great amps and I'd hate to part with either. I drive Paradigm Studio 100v2's with the Sim and ProAc Tablettes with the Pathos. I've used them the other way around also. I think the Pat... 
Paradigm CC v2 to 570 V.3 any benefit
I was using the 570v3 with Studio 110v2's and they matched just fine. 
Calling Marantz sa8260 owners...
Hi,I've had a Marantz 8260 for about a year now and haven't had any of those problems with it. Probably just a defective unit.