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KEF LS50 and Rogue Cronus II integrated amp
A shop here in chicago has the same setup and it really impressed me for the price and size.  They had nordost the cheapest white ones on it. 
Who remembers the Dahlquist DQ-10's?
20s were cool in their day but can't keep up with modern tech.I had 2 pairs mounted in frames above each other with big soundcraftmen amps in the 80's.   Plus needed subs...   At the time kinda cool, would love to have a pair now for nostalgia, bu... 
Best Used Speaker Under $4,000 w/ Respectable Lows
I'll second the used dunlavy's.   Hard to beat a pair of sc=iv's or larger, full range and they just do everything well, fairly efficient, not sure what your amplifiers specs.   They can run on middle of the road  power , really shine with nice am... 
what does a power conditioner really do?
Shunyata hydra and power cords really dropped my noise floor.    I didn't really wanna think it would but once demo in my house it was an eye opener.   I'm in a loft building with 15 amp service running tube and ss gear .     I think conditioners ... 
Solid state amp to replace my Audio Research Ref 150 amp
Try a symphonic line amplifier.  Maybe used Boulder but for that budget might be a stretch.   
Time for a new 2 channel amplifier - looking for suggestions
what do you like about the acurus sound?   Maybe an old Aragon might suit your bill nicely.   With Klipsch it's kinda hard to recommend anything but tube gear as they have a unique sonic signature.   I'm not a Klipsch fan but have had la Scala and... 
Wilson Audio Sophia 2 or Goldenear Triton 1
Those golden ears are fatiguing.   
Rel subs with Magnepan 3.6's
The svs is for movies.   Sealed sub for magnepans only.  Nothing ported  or with a radiator is gonna keep up. Really in magnepans if you want better bass it's better to jump up to the bigger panel  in this case the 20 series.    What amp / preamp ...