Thank you for your thoughts.
Current amplification is the 150 watt RMS Class D hybrid Vincent SV 236 MKII integrated driving a pair of GoldenEar Triton 3's. With the GoldenEar's having active onboard bass amplifiers, the external amp is only driving the midrange and ribbon tweeter so I probably have more than enough headroom. That said, to get to my "final system" (a great term i hadnt heard before), I'll very likely upgrade the speakers in the next 2 to 5 years. To what, i really havent though about yet.
In regards to budget, I'd like to stay in the $4K range but definately no higher than $5K. Adding in cost of interconnects for separates is a good point to be added in the $ side of the equation, but musicality satisfaction is by far the highest priority in my search as i would like this to be the last amplification purchase (not including any tube tweaking) to be enjoyed over the remaining 20 to 30 years i hope to be around to enjoys the endorphin inducing pleasure of listening to great quality music.
Current amplification is the 150 watt RMS Class D hybrid Vincent SV 236 MKII integrated driving a pair of GoldenEar Triton 3's. With the GoldenEar's having active onboard bass amplifiers, the external amp is only driving the midrange and ribbon tweeter so I probably have more than enough headroom. That said, to get to my "final system" (a great term i hadnt heard before), I'll very likely upgrade the speakers in the next 2 to 5 years. To what, i really havent though about yet.
In regards to budget, I'd like to stay in the $4K range but definately no higher than $5K. Adding in cost of interconnects for separates is a good point to be added in the $ side of the equation, but musicality satisfaction is by far the highest priority in my search as i would like this to be the last amplification purchase (not including any tube tweaking) to be enjoyed over the remaining 20 to 30 years i hope to be around to enjoys the endorphin inducing pleasure of listening to great quality music.