Rushtons choices are all good and it is true that these speakers mate will with even some pretty high end stuff like he listed. Considering cost factors, I had pretty good luck with McCormack DNA 0.5s and 1.0s which you can have modified to truly reference status if you desire. As far as pre-amps go, CAT is a good buy if you want a phono stage, or BAT (3i) if not. A 0.5 and a VK3i would set you back well under $2K and made an aweful nice rig with my Vandys.
