Synergy Matching

Gee Chuck, I was just asking what combinations of components that  people have put together that sound good. I'm not sure what to say?
How's the Moabs maybe?

When building a system and choosing equipment there are synergies related to many factors such as your price range, your room size, decor that is acceptable in your household, musical listening preferences, ease of operation (I.e., tubes vs. SS or whether to include a TT or go solely with digital), and more.  I believe you are speaking primarily about synergy related to equipment matching.  Synergy between your gear is important because if you go down the wrong road with the wrong gear then no amount of tweaking or gear-matching will get you over the finish line.  I believe that Is the point made by @millercarbon below.  My first “high-end” speakers were purchased based on great reviews but were totally wrong  for my listening preferences so I wasted too much time and money trying to make them work.What has worked for me is matching each piece of gear to my musical and listening preferences, which include rich tonality and impactful dynamics for primarily rock, blues and lesser amounts of soul and jazz.  The souped up SMc monos were the last step in providing sufficient power for the Aerial speakers come to life and provide the dynamics I am looking for across the entire frequency spectrum.  The digital front end is my attempt to create a coherent sound without digital sounding artifacts by using a NOS DAC, optical decoupling of the Ethernet input, and an I2S connection to the DAC instead of USB.  Even though I like the volume control directly from the DAC, I run the output through a high end buffer to maintain the level of body and impact I enjoy.  It all works well together for me.

Well then, sorry. Its just when I see "Synergy Matching" and "please share your component matching (speakers, amps, DACs) that you have finally attained that "Perfect Synergy/Sound" I figure its a guy looking for help with what I know to be a misleading concept and one that people have wasted untold time and money on.  

I mean I like to answer questions and help as best I can. But there's so many of these "what speaker goes with this amp" type questions I hardly ever even bother any more. 

Now the question really is "what combinations of components that people have put together that sound good" and so my answer changes to https://systems.audiogon.com/systems/8367 

My mistake, I should have worded my title caption differently then.
Maybe I'll start a new thread to do so?

Thanks for the link thread Chuck. I really want to know how that Raven is going to light up those Tektons.

Mitch2 kind of has the idea. Maybe you could elaborate more on the particulars of your system. I'm sorry you went through the speaker hassle. I think sharing those experiences along with listing your equipment and how it all pulls together will be very helpful, not just to me but the community as a whole.  

Actually there are components w design synergy, for example time, phase and low negative global feedback, but that is beyond Chuck... his idea of synergy is flaw driven vs positive attributes being reinforcing.... kinda like not really caring about the midrange being wired out of phase and buying a low TIM amp