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twoleftears

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Recommend me a Class A Integrated Amp (or sound like Class A amp)
For that kind of price you could get a Sugden Masterclass IA-4.  33W of pure class A.  
New Jays Audio flagship cd transport
Where are you located?  Who did you buy it from?  
WAITAMINIT! Center stage disappeared with a Modwright KWA 150SE and Daedalus Athena V.2?!
If you've wired it up correctly, it is possible for reversal of wires to speaker terminals to have taken place inside the amp, especially if you were just having work done on it. The Stereophile test disc 1 is useful for testing phase.  
Vintage vs Modern speakers.
BTW, I thought ## 1 and 3 sounded excellent, #2 a bit recessed.  
I am out of the loop for knowledge on high end auto music systems
OK, let me just say I was a customer of Arnie's at Accutronics in Ann Arbor before he even started Audiogon.  He and his assistant were selling used components out of the basement floor of the store on ebay.com; that worked pretty well, which is w... 
Vintage vs Modern speakers.
@shkong78  Can you record the same track on both pairs of speakers, and post up here without telling us which is which?  
Competitive class D amp suggestions
@niodari Red and blue track the two stereo channels.  In a well engineered component, they should pretty much overlay; more than a little divergence is indicative of a problem with components, construction, design, etc.  
Introducing Myself
I suggest you look at a selection of audiotroy's posts to see how to do it wrong. And a selection of atmasphere's to see how to do it right.  
How many speakers and AMPS do you own, and why?
Never realized you listened exclusively in mono.  Hmmm.  
Contemplating DEVORE SPEAKERS (and others)....LONG audition report of many speakers
Now that's what I call a DEDICATED listening room! You should rent it out for photo shoots.  
McIntosh LB200?
Makes this at $1800 seem like a real bargain.  
WTH TAS?!
It's called Learning from Audio History. If you viewed a podcast on the Second World War, and the guy presenting it said he thought it started in '38, '39, or perhaps '40, how would you feel?    
Linlai E 6sn7 tubes
Was it this website? https://linlaiglobal.com/index.php/product/linlai-global-elite-e-6sn7-vacuum-tubes-pair-or-single/  
Most Realistic Recordings
Nimbus is the name of the label I was trying to remember.  You should search out some of their CDs.  
Best turntable for the buck
This store always seems to have stock when others don't. https://valueelectronics.com/product/technics-sl-1200g/