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Picking a Tube integrated amp
No love for Rogue?  Made in the U.S. of A.If the Cronus Magnum II isn't enough, consider RP5 preamp + Stereo 100 power. 
Binding Post Jumpers - New Product!!!
I think it all depends on how your cables are terminated, what kind of connections your speakers have, and what the binding posts can handle.My single-wire Wireworlds have spades.  I then bought matching Wireworld jumpers with bananas on one end a... 
DAC break-in...
Some of the break-in is electronic, and some of it is your ears breaking in to the sound of the new component.  Still, I have experienced myself a system sounding noticeably better after a new component had been in it and running for 100-200 hours. 
Speaker distance
But they claim it helps with positioning.http://www.isoteksystems.com/products/essentials/ultimate-system-set-up-disc/  
PMC 24 and Canalis Cambria two way floorstanders; What is the advantage to this design?:
Right now on ebay there's Dynaudio Contour S 3.4, Dynaudio Focus 340, Dali Helicon 400 Mk2, PSB Imagine T2 (B stock), etc.  In other words, between 'gon, US audio mart and ebay there's a wealth of very good choices.  But only *your* ears can tell ... 
Which one is the best INTEGRATED!!
Or then there's this.http://www.audioadvisor.com/prodinfo.asp?number=CNININT10  
Classical Music for Aficionados
At the risk of going slightly OT, seems like this is best directed at readers of this thread.Has it occurred to anyone else that Mahler must have heard the Adagietto from Bizet's L'Arlesienne Suite no. 1 before he composed his own, utterly sublime... 
Who makes budget speaker cables which are truly “good” or “exceptional” in quality?
http://www.partsconnexion.com/duelund-81514.htmlPC will twist/weave it for you for a small fee. 
Need recommendation for CD transport (not Cambridge)
As a coda to this thread, there's a new, reasonably priced transport coming from NuPrime, CDT-8, available end of January.  It looks very promising.  Another entrant in a sparse field. 
PMC 24 and Canalis Cambria two way floorstanders; What is the advantage to this design?:
This.+++It's always fun to go vicarious shopping for someone else.Looking on the 'gon right now, for me my top three choices in what's currently offered in that price range would be the Proac D28, Triangle Volante and Totem Forest Signature.  Any ... 
PMC 24 and Canalis Cambria two way floorstanders; What is the advantage to this design?:
When you get into that kind of age, I think you need to start worrying about the driver surrounds, caps in the crossover, etc.  Still, if you're prepared to deal with that, it's a possibility.  To me, it seems that when you venture into this area,... 
Least expensive discrete resistor ladder NOS DAC?
Vinnie Rossi, Spatial, Volti Audio, and Triode Wire Labs have all been using Border Patrol at recent shows.  That catches my attention. 
Rogue Cronus Magnum II, but I have depth constraints..
I went in the other direction.  The CMII knocked the Ayre AX-7 down to my second system. 
Shopping for Interconnects
So how about these new IC-3e's, with Furutechs?  Wonder if anyone's heard them.https://www.audiogon.com/listings/interconnects-new-cryo-treated-nano-fluid-enhanced-ic-from-audio-art-2017-12-27-cables  
Really satisfied???
It's just something that people do.An auto enthusiast gets a new performance car.What does he do?  Take it in for a tune-up, buy a better air filter, start researching bolt-on turbos.If you can do 0-60 in 6 secs, you can do it in 5.5.It's the same...