Where to get advice on a new system build

my budget is tiny so probably irrelevant to you. I feel that the speaker is a material and financial choice (get the best you can for your budget capable for the sound you are looking for), while the amp is a an emotional one. Make those speakers sing in ways I have not heard music before...

For simplicity sake, not looking at separates, these were my favorites out of about 15 amps I tried lately.

• Creek Evo - most neutral, overall best
• Quad Vena II - most musical (most regretted not to have kept it)
• Classe CP-100 - fast and detailed
• Vincent SV-500 - most dynamic
• Hegel H95 - brightest, biggest range/present in every frequency (punchy?)

They were all fantastic But I ironically moved on to Musical Fidelity and low sensitivity speakers, couldn't pass on the speaker deal.

@squared80 hahahaha.

@parkergetdean The processes is the same regardless of budget to me. I built an Elekit with the intention of going that path, it’s sitting in the closet fully built.

Elekit - is that a preamp?

It is a tube amp kit, it was something to do before tubes became a little bit pricey.