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Integrated upgrade recomendations
Belles Aria integrated.  Audio Connection, Johnny Rutan, New Jersey.  And you're done.  
Harbeth again…or other speakers for acoustic music?
Disclaimer: not my audio room.  
Harbeth again…or other speakers for acoustic music?
I auditioned the SHL5+ extensively at a well-known Seattle dealer, in what appeared to be a solid brick-walled room with a suite of high-end Naim electronics.  I was surprised by how bright they sounded to me, and I--ill-advisedly--nearly wrote of... 
Current Best Value In A Pair of Quality 300B's?
See this thread. https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/2019-300b-tubes-that-are-worth-the-money  
Harbeth again…or other speakers for acoustic music?
Saying Harbeths are too colored is like saying German Shepherds are too dog-like.  Extraordinary truth-to-timbre, with the possible exception of Audio Note.  
Classical Music for Aficionados
Maria Yudina - Schumann Fantasie Op. 17 (live 1951) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gn923r2uask  
Best speakers around $130k?
PMC Fenestria  
Harbeth again…or other speakers for acoustic music?
Look at Fritz speakers. http://www.fritzspeakers.com/sound.asp I know they're not a brand name like Harbeth, but check out all the mentions on this forum.  Also, you can talk directly with him to choose which model suits you best, and you can ha... 
Unfiltered Power Bars
You can't go wrong with any of the models from Isotek.  
Guess How Big My Speakers Are
Modestly proportioned 2 1/2-way floorstander.  
Classical Music for Aficionados
Alice Sara Ott: Liszt: 12 Études d'exécution transcendante Nudge up the volume just a smidgin, and you have a Steinway grand in your living room.    
Nietzsche and Runaway Audio Consumption
You can randomly combine a bunch of phonemes and slap that word on some intangible entity, but that doesn't necessarily mean that said entity exists.  
Devore or Audio Note or other sensitive speakers: wanting to listen in Denver
If you're considering Tannoy, then it would probably behoove you to add Fyne to the list.  Many people are reporting excellent results with them, and some prefer them over Tannoy.  BTW Fyne is a little easier to drive than the Apertura you auditio... 
Nietzsche and Runaway Audio Consumption
@snilf Now you're heading in the direction of Benjamin's "The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction".  
Not manufactured any more.