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Just getting into mid-fi need advice

After looking up all the messages out there, I am a little scared to ask this question with the title "hi-fi" as I am afraid my budget might not buy me entry into one so have titled it as "mid-fi"
I have come to the following conclusions,
I need a setup for a sterio system only (no 5.1/7.1 stuff).
I need advice for speakers I was thinking of the paradigm reference studio 100 V3 speakers.
I listen to classical, rock (not heavy), indian music, acoustic guitar etc.
I am willing to spend another 1000 on the components and was thinking of buying them second hand here at the gon.

Please help with recommendations.
Also I am a little confused about the buzz on tubes, actually I was quite surprised to see so much enthusiasm about them. I am a electronics engineer and work in semiconductor devices, its been ages since I read about tubes however I was impressed about all the class a amplifiers out there using tubes and the talk on solids clipping harshly. Do you folks think that using a solid state amp in the linar regime will still not produce the sonic quality of a tube?

Please advice, if you think my rather no-knowledge questions sound stupid please accept my apologies.
naren1

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naren1 OP
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I live in an apartment, room size is around 20x14 (I think) its not a very large room.
I looked at the speakers there were some on sale. I am more inclined towards floor standing speakers.
What would your recommendations be on the speakers in my budget (around $2000 +/- 500)?
I was under the impression that one should buy new speakers and it should be ok to buy used components.
In my modest budget range of $1000 for the components I was looking at a integrated 2 channel amp - am not sure which one, I saw some rotels up for sale - however would greatly appreciate suggestions for systems.
naren1 OP
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Folks, many thanks for your help and suggesstions. I think I will experiment with tubes. I will probably go the hybrid route as suggested by some of you.

As far as the speakers go, I was looking at B&W 802 which I found used around 3.3k here at the gon. I have not decided yet however that is one of the options. From reading reviews on this, it seems that this speaker is very sensitive to placement and requires a large area,
I am also looking up more suggestions that you are making, one thing that does beat me is that in Dallas there are quite a few audio shops however it seems a bit unjust to go there to listen to setup and then buy second hand this has been my quandy however I guess once I decide on a speaker I will have to go for this route and buy something like cables from these folks.
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