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16 ohm speakers with 5 ohm amp ?
Read Art Dudley's review of the little Exposure integrated in the current Stereophile.  Horrible on the 16ohn Altecs; much better on the ?10ohm Devores... 
Classical Music for Aficionados
Because really few systems + rooms can truly handle properly a full-scale symphony orchestra in flat-out hue and cry, listening to chamber music in the home is often an all-round more satisfying experience. 
Classical Music for Aficionados
Dohnanyi PC #1 #2.  Hadn't listened in eons.  Quite impressive.   
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I'd have thought that the obvious choice would be Dynaudio.  They make quite a range of this style of speaker now, at various price points. 
Classical Music for Aficionados
Just as the novel went all the way to Finnegans Wake and then came back to chronologically organized coherent narrative, so I think we're well back from the atonal period.  Look at the popularity of Arvo Part or Goreki.  My own favorite from the y... 
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There are always going to be power cords. 
New TEO Audio ICs, who has them?
Which presupposes that all Bluetooth devices are made equal!Let the new controversy begin! 
Metal cabinet speakers
You missed YG Acoustics, who make heroic metal cabinets. 
Classical Music for Aficionados
I have a whole shelf-full of consort of viols CDs, mainly English (the composers I mean).  I'm particularly fond of an album entitled "Crye" done by an ensemble called Concordia.  Worth seeking out if this is your thing. 
My beloved CDP finally bit the dust
If you can swing it, I'd look for a used Exogal.  Provides the kind of sound signature you're looking for. 
So this is probably a really stupid question!
Perhaps one Bose 901 fed both channels would do the trick. 
Gentleman, get yer credit cards ready...
Based in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, that well-known hub of turntable production. 
My beloved CDP finally bit the dust
Or what about Border Patrol?  A few months ago they were the flavor du jour, but recently nobody mentions them... 
Classical Music for Aficionados
My system is the most revealing it's ever been--and I'm not always liking it.I've been immersed in Rachmaninov the last few days.  Listened to Daniil Trifonov for no. 2, and Argerich for no. 3.  Then I put on Boris Janis, on Mercury (2 & 3), w... 
Musicians in your living room vs. you in the recording hall?
This is why I like speakers that tend to throw a distant soundstage, one which extends to the front wall and ideally beyond it.  This helps to give the perspective of a concert hall.