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Interconnects and non-believers
You should go check out what cabling is used in multi million dollar recording studios by master mixing engineers. The market is more or less owned by canare at a dollar a foot carrying weak microphone signals over hundreds of feet of wire. If it'... 
Impedance Matching Question
iFi iTube2. A little miracle box. 
Tube amp/integrated with bass grip for Aerial 7Ts
Any opinions on BAT 55/56SE as an option vs ARC 75SE? 
Switching a single set of speakers between two amps
I can't tell a difference between Luxman in the way and without but then I'm not a strong believer in cables so I don't see how a well executed relay system like Luxman (basically same design as their integrated amps) would contribute or subtract ... 
Luxman vs Pass Labs
Nice thing about Luxman integrated is the Separate function. It's an easy way to have two systems in one. I simply run Ifi iTube 2 buffer between the amp and preamp and can switch on/off for a little tube goodness.  
Best sounding compact integrated amp < $2k?
Focal Shape 65 speakers (or quite frankly any other good studio monitor, Dynaudio makes plenty) hooked up to Chord Mojo being fed by Google Chrome Audio via TOSLINK cable will blow away systems costing 5x the money. That's what's in my office (wit... 
Switching a single set of speakers between two amps
Luxman AS50. Look for them on eBay. They will switch up to 3 pairs of speakers, or 3 amp into one set. I've got one of these puppies in my home theater room to switch between my 5 channel amp, 2 channel SS and 2 channel tube amp. It comes with rem... 
Mellow speakers for a digital piano
Yamaha NX-N500. Lovely sound, smooth, reminds me of Era/Peachtree D4. I have Era D4 hooked up to Yamaha RX-A1060 in my sunroom and NX-N500 in my kitchen. Love them both. Nice but not boomy bass for the size.About $500, amplification included, plus... 
Looking for a used AUDIOPHILE AV Receiver
Hard to beat any of the latest Yamaha RX-30XX models. They really do sound rather superb and when hooked up to a good pair of speakers, sound fairly amazing. My current setup is a RX-A3060 and it drives Aerial 5Bs and CC3B just fine to levels much...