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Help building first tube system.
your 20K budget is more than sufficient to build something nice. Many of us choose amplification or speakers first and go from there. Good advice I've seen in this thread is "buy the best speakers you can afford." I have  a 20K system and half was... 
confused and don't know what to do
+1 AudioTroy 
TuneIn classical streaming through node 2i
Boston radio station WCRB for classical. 
Horn From The Heart: The Paul Butterfield Story
Just watched the Butterfield movie and highly recommend it if that music is your cup of tea. Paul was a mega-talent IMO and performed during interesting times. 
Would this be a good starter system for streaming?
I'm using a Lumin T2 fed Roon software by a Small Green Computer I5. I'm very happy with the combination. SMC is a fairly priced product with great accesibility to the company owner and a decent "trial" period-warranty. 
Smaller PrimaLuna Integrated Owners...
I own a PL Dialogue integrated and swapped out the 4 stock power tubes for Gold Lion KT77s. I prefer their more evenly balanced top to bottom sonic presentation. I’m using von Schweikert db99se loudspeakers, which have internally powered woofers a... 
Help me understand John Coltrane .... seriously.
JC is talking a different language. I suggest starting with his time in Miles groups and then go forward. 
Horn From The Heart: The Paul Butterfield Story
thanks BDP I'll check out your recommendation...appreciate it! 
To be glad or sad? Rhetoric as I am glad for the music!
Bohe, if you can't hear the difference then you'll save a lot of money not purchasing an expensive streamer, dac etc .Everyone's ears are different. My brother is a pro musician and only streams at 320 max since he can't hear any difference either... 
Horn From The Heart: The Paul Butterfield Story
thanks, I saw Paul B. live a handful of times....one of my all time favorites and who I "tried" to emulate when playing blues harp 
Modern Fusion - worth a Listen - Aaron Parks
I'm an Aaron Parks fan too and ghost gave some good recommendations. 
CHANGE THE PROVIDER ROOTER FOR A BETTER CONNECTION WITH INNUOS VIA IPAD
Laurier, it's never a bad idea to buy your own router. I use a Nighthawk and it functions flawlessly 
Build My Own Room Treatments
I made my own acoustic panels out of materials described by Miller. The panel thickness varied based on where I was placing the traps. Thinner on ceiling and thicker in first reflection corners. 
What determines a streamers sound quality.
+1 Lalitik 
Anyone ordered from Herbie's Audio Lab lately?
Ordered in December and received promptly plus an email confirmation with tracking etc.