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Designer Hall of Fame
How can one omit the legendary Siegfried Linkwitz of crossover fame. Besides that, he designed probably the best loudspeaker ever, the Linkwitz Orion++. This amazng dipole speaker is a full-range with active analog crossovers that can be adjusted ... 
Parasound new classic 2100 vs Emotiva USP-1
There is also the beautiful retro-art deco looking Outlaw Audio RR2150 stereo receiver (MSRP $699). It has a subwoofer output too, with analog bass management and selectable 60, 80 and 100 Hz cut-off frequencies with a bypass mode if you prefer to... 
Tube vs. Solid State-Basic Question
Since the Def Tech's have a self-powered woofer, they don't require much in the way of wattage to sound their best, as you are only driving the the tweeter and midrange. No doubt you prefer the seetwer midrange sound of the Manley tube amp and it ... 
High Efficiency Speakers Your top 3 or more
The Zu series of speakers are very efficient and easy to drive--plus they give tremdous value.The Devore line of speakers, while not as efficient as the Zu's are incredibly easy to drive with low-powered tube amps and sound wonderful. The are prob... 
What Amp will go best with Magnepan MMG?
Since the Maggie MMG's are fairly inexpensive, but they thrive on high power, as do all Magnepan planar speakers, I would opt for the excellent and reasonably priced Emotiva XPA-2 two channel amp at 300 watts/channel into 8 ohms and 500 watts/chan... 
Is JL best sub for the money?
The SVS line and the hSU line of subwoofers will give you the best bang for the buck. Axiom makes some excellent subwoofers over the $1,000 mark.Greg 
High Efficiency
Depending on your budget, any one of the Devore line of loudspeakers would be a great choice. They thrive on low power tubes. Greg 
The best speaker you ever heard?
The best speaker I ever heard was the Linkwitz Orion. Being an active crossovered speaker with separate amplification for each driver and also being a dipole, you need to place it out into the room by at least 3-4 feet. But if you can do that, you... 
Integrated Amp - Looking to replace my amp & pre
Depending on the room size and your loudspeakers I would opt for the tube Leben CS-600 at 32 watts/channel-MSRP $4,995. . If you have a reasonably efficient loudspeaker that is easy to drive, such as any Zu, any of the excellent Devore speakers, H...