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Started with $1k speakers … what now?
Since I bought my tannoys, I've given little thought to upgrades....  
Where to go next with the turntable
Thorens is making some pretty nice tables nowadays....love my td1500..  
Accuphase, fuses
I'd leave well enough alone....  
Mid-Fi, Hi-Fi or.....?
When you paid over 6k for speakers, and another over 6k for the amp, then your hifi, that's only because that is what I paid...😃  
Recommendations on integrated amps
For a work shop? Just get some cheap ass thing from best buy....  
Are there any issues with connecting speaker wire in this manner?
I believe audioquest type 4 used twisted solid core wires of various sizes in their construction. It was an award winning cable and still popular today. I love mine.   
Who out there wants to, or has, validated an amazing cable find?
Pretty happy with my audioquest stuff, plus chord, atlas, qed, ecosse, and wireworld. All reasonably priced good sounding cables imo.  
SUT experience
I’ve been using the jensen isomax mc-2rr sut with my denon dl 103 connected to my tavish classic tube phono stage into its mm input. Turntable Is the thorens td 1500, sounds fantastic.  
750$ Intel NUC vs $6000 Aurender N200: I don't hear the difference
My grace digital streamer sounds fine to me, see no reason to upgrade or spend a vast amount of money for little to no difference. I stream out of convenience, no hi res for me, not that into it. The Grace sounds remarkably good for a lousy $179, ... 
Seeking Legit Cartridge Expert?
The turntable is more important than the cartridge, just ask Avid.  
Speaker Cables : Moderate priced
Audioquest type 4, otherwise Auditorium 23's. They are , believe it or not, very similarly built/designed cables, the latter costing three times as much.  
Integrated amp w/decent headphone out under $5k
The Teac ha-501 is a fantastic headphone amplifier, I doubt many inegrateds with built ins can compare. I got one on Ebay for $380 still new in a sealed box, what a steal.  
Multiple DVD Players
OPPO 103 is my player, wonderful device.  
Multiple DVD Players
What's wrong with playing Dvd's, and owning a DVD player? I don't get some people....I have over a thousand Dvd/bluray/4k movies....   
A Discussion About What Level Of Analog To Stop At
Holy crap, the question is a book, and so is at least one response. I have not had coffee yet, no way can I even start to read all that....good luck.