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Pass Labs “House Sound” vs. McIntosh “House Sound”
Why not just use the DEQX as the pre and do without another component in the chain? 
Best Speakers with a DNA-1?
^Ditto! 
Why do many discussions about sonic performance disintegrate into technical discusions?
Philosophy exists because it says so. 
Why do many discussions about sonic performance disintegrate into technical discusions?
Without techology we’re not having this sonic performance discussion.  
Thiel Owners
Jafant, I would suggest not spraying Endust (or any other product) directly on the cabinet, but spraying directly on a soft cloth first. 
Thiel Owners
Beetlemania, Thiel Audio used to suggest only using "Endust" for keeping cabinets clean.  They said most other products leave "fisheye". 
Thiel Owners
Kept my purchased new CS 2's for 18 years. 
Recommended Preamp for pairing an Adcom 555II Amp and Theil CS 3.5 speakers
 When considering a pre that will be used with Thiel 3.5's I would suggest that one consider those pres that either have an extra analog tape loop and/or preferably have most of their design parameters based around single ended output, unless one ... 
20 Year Old Amplifiers compared to 2017
I don't think my 30+ year old refreshed amp would be terribly embarrassed by most of today's offerings. 
Recommended Preamp for pairing an Adcom 555II Amp and Theil CS 3.5 speakers
I used Stereophile's specs:https://www.stereophile.com/content/adcom-gfa-555-power-amplifier-specificationsbut, I suspect John's might be more correct.If the 3.5's eq is used between pre and amp, it would probably also offer some "buffering" in th... 
Recommended Preamp for pairing an Adcom 555II Amp and Theil CS 3.5 speakers
You might want to be mindful of the Adcom’s low input sensitivity and input impedance numbers. The impedance might be a bit low for some tube pres output impedances and the high sensitivity could make the volume control on some tube pres (like som... 
Thiel Owners
IMHO, the 3 series were Thiel's sweet spot, and the 2 series were/are Vandersteen's sweet spot. 
Filling speaker stands: sand, lead, steel, rice. Full, half, etc?
Please reconsider lead: https://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/topics/agents/lead/index.cfm 
Filling speaker stands: sand, lead, steel, rice. Full, half, etc?
 
Speaker distance
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_triangle_(mathematics)