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DAC for CEC TL51x
First I would upgrade your speaker cable. I highly recommend Clear Day solid core silver shotgun. Sounds expensive but they are not. 
CD Player with the best Built-in Volume Control...
Raysonic 168 variable tube out is soooo good I eliminated my $4K preamp 
I need some speaker help
Good advice. He should have clarified... when an amp is driven to clipping (distortion) that's a nasty load to a loudspeaker. You probably need a much bigger amp. Search here for Wyred4Sound amps. Clean, powerful and ballsy. 
Need guidance on isolation devices
Defintiey Herbies- isocup/balls, Big Fat Dots, etc. all work miracles 
Need Amp for BE-718, any suggestions?
I have 6311s & owned 6371s. They like power. Consider Wyred4Sound and definitely biwire them. For that definitely check out Clear Day solid core cables. I swear by his silver shotgun. Still under $400. He advertises here, or email vonwaffen@ju... 
Time for a change
Usher 6311s then add a powered sub as extra money comes available 
speakers for classical music
Most any maggie, assuming you have the room to let them breathe, but that is true for any speaker. You need a good size room and room around the speakers to develop a proper sound stage. Add to them powered sub. Better still biamp and add a Behrin... 
A future city dweller's dilemma...
VMPS monitor. I think www.affordableaudio.org has a review in this month issue 
speaker cable recommendation for Innersound Kaya
THe speaker cable score of the century is Clear Day solid core. I have silver shotguns on my Maggie 3.5Rs. Everyone who has heard them love them. Several have replaced their speaker cables with them. They replaced 4Xs as expensive well-known cables 
Power Amp to drive Magneplanar MG1.6
Best value and sound is wyred4Sound. I use a pair of SX500s on my 3.5R mid/bass panels. See Underwood HiFi ads here 
Gingko vs 4" Maple Platform
2 maple boards and Machina Dynamica Promethean Springs sets the stage, then use Herbies isocup/balls for a killer platform 
What Solid State PreAmp?
Parasound or PS Audio GCP 200/GCPS 
Tube Pre-Amp: Audio Research or McIntosh
Lector ZOE is a ginat killer 
Need New Speakers
MAggie 1.6s plus a powered sub 
looking for good detailed and warm player
There's a Raysonic 128 on new today. Jump on it