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Can you have too much speaker presence?
I think the presence suggestion relates to what I would term natural presence.Which is impacted by the baffle size .Smaller baffled speakers have less output in the midrange which means the frequencies above that have to be attenuated to balance t... 
SET Lovers, what's the one solid state amp you love(d)?
I am yet to hear a Class D amp that does not sound rhythmically and musically disjointed.If anything the newer Purifi ones sound worse in that regard than the Hypex.Everything else might be better but if you listen to rhythmically intricate music ... 
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Jarrah -especially quarter sawn-is excellent for speaker building.It combines medium /high density [840kg/cubic metre] with a short grain structure and is very non-resonant.Also very good for turntable plinths and cartridge bodies [Grado uses it f... 
In Walls
Point source /coaxial types are probably best. I know somebody who mounted Tannoy 15 inch dual concentrics in a wall.  
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The Troels Gravesen Ekta 25 looks a great design for use with solid timber construction.Or solid timber over ply.Not a huge speaker but using very high quality Scanspeak drivers capable of beautiful tonality.Which is why Sonus Faber use them in so... 
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I have been reading through the Troels Gravesen kit speaker builder project pages. Many of the people who have built those speakers also own very good "brand" models like B&W 802D and ATC SCM 40  speakers and are reporting that the $2500 kit ... 
SET Lovers, what's the one solid state amp you love(d)?
There are some very good Chinese copy Dartzeel NHB108 amplifiers for around 1000 USD.Mine sounds superb and I will not be going back to a SET again.Used in combination with my Supatek tube preamp it is the best sound I have ever had. The Bakoon a... 
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Many high end speakers are horribly engineered because they are pigs to drive and therefore severely limit your choice of amplifiers.Wilsons ,Magico and B&W are examples of that.Wilson Sasha dips down to 2 ohms in the bass and the Magicos and ... 
Warm, rich but detailed SS preamp (made you give up tubes)
Yes I own one of the FM155 copies.It is much better than say A Mystere CA21 tube preamp I have on loan and a class or two up on a Musical Fidelity A3 Cr I owned [which is a pretty good SS preamp].Not quite in the Supratek league but nothing I have... 
Warm, rich but detailed SS preamp (made you give up tubes)
The FM Acoustic FM 155 copies you can by from China [Ali Express]  for around $300 sound staggeringly good.Not just good for the money but good by any standards.The real things were around $20,000.  
Dartzeel nhb 108 Model 2
You can buy a Chinese copy of version 1  [Weiliang/Breeze Audio Version 3] which has been upgraded with an option of 4 output transistors per channel for improved dynamics,articulation and bass control.For the little they cost it would be a cheap ... 
Yamaha ns 5000
I have heard the ATC SCM 100 actives.The NS5000s are much better-especially midrange tone and timbre.What surprised me was how boomy the ATC s were .  
Bybee Technologies Crystal Series Plug-in Speaker Bullets.
Pure snake oil. The Bybee Quantum Purifier was nothing more than an ultra low resistor worth 50 cents..There was a very long running and amusing thread on Stereonet about them.A set were sent around to members to try with the vast majority report... 
$50k - $80k Budget…Opinions please.
Most 80K systems will be 'hi fi" sounding rather than organic.Think Wilsons,Magico,Focal etc Which means that you will get sick of it and hardly use it .I have friends with Magico speakers who simply stopped listening to them.Or hop on the "upgrad... 
How do I know if my systems any good?
A sure way of knowing that your system is good is if your wife hates it!