twoleftears

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Your advice needed, speakers to buy $8K to $13K
Raidho's are wildly overpriced, so even their tickle-down used price is high w.r.t. what they offer.  Cost-effective options elsewhere. 
I just bought a Steinway which sounds like a banjo.
Ah, but there are Hamburg Steinways and New York Steinways.Is that like British speakers vs. American, or like East Coast sound vs. West Coast? 
Stirring Up Trouble
https://www.theguardian.com/notesandqueries/query/0,,-82446,00.html  
how can low watt tube amps drive speakers with higher power requirements
KEF doesn't know what kind of amp or quality of amp you're going to use.  The figures quoted are no doubt within a "safe" margin, and were probably determined as much by lawyers as by technical people.  Experiments are good, but always at your own... 
Custom Phono interconnect build-out shops or vendors?
Triode Wire Labs does plenty of one-off wires of all sorts. 
Too much Yo-Yo Ma?
Moved on from Savall.  Current fav is Hille Perl.  She has plenty of recordings; seek some out. 
Measuring amp power.
https://www.stereophile.com/content/cary-audio-design-cad-300sei-integrated-amplifier-measurements-part-3  
Help with Classical Music Record Labels.
No label can even approach guaranteeing a "great listening experience".  Just think of all the variables involved: ensembles and soloists, halls, recording engineers, equipment, etc.Chandos and Hyperion have a good batting average, as do some of t... 
Schumann Resonator
Ace Venturi.That was a movie Jim Carrey was in. 
Moving up the Harbeth line
30.x is the way to go.  I heard them in a small hotel room and they were great.  Tube powered, BTW. 
Speaker terminal polarity
Didn't Dennis H. use a subtly colored piece of perspex under (behind) the output connectors?  Try looking at the back of the unit from slightly different angles and see if you can see a hint of red. 
Anyone Recently Change to Class D power?
https://sklep.toroidy.pl/en_US/index Is it silent?  Any hum? 
Schumann Resonator
Evidently Tekton needs to include a freebie 10-pack of SR's with every pair of speaker purchased.  Otherwise........... 
Looking to buy a power conditioner
Unless you provide a budget, the recommendations will be all over the map. 
For Your Edification and Enjoyment re "Burn In", etc.
https://resources.altium.com/p/what-burn-testing-electronics