Photos of my system

Wow, great looking system! And I would bet it sounds even better than it looks! Also, thanks for sharing the playlist. Happy Listening! 

@barkeyzee1 It sounds delightful, luscious! And I do have some (a lot) of envy for many of the really beautiful systems and setups. Platforms for the amps, a gorgeous rack, lovely room, etc. At some point, I'll get there, but to start out I needed to spend only on the equipment. And because I only have one sub that I'm running high-level inputs on, I need to scrunch the tube amps close together.

Luckily, there are few benefits to my setup space. There's a bookshelf running all along the back wall, the floor is concrete with a carpet for some absorption, there are no first reflection points on the sides, and (most important), this is just my space. No one else ever needs to use it. 

Can't beat SALK audio.  Wonder why you didn't end up with Tower's?  What kind of subwoofer is that?  Would you benefit from adding another sub?

@larry I tried towers -- Focal 936, Martin Logan ML 60 XTi and Dynaudio Evoke 30s. In my room the ceilings are so low that all these towers were impossibly harsh in the midrange. These Salks plus my REL....perfection!

Thank you from way way back for mentioning Salks in a thread about speakers (Jan or last December 2019, I believe).

Cool set up Hilde. But you need to play vinyl....I know it can eat up a good chunk of the budget, but you can't match the sound (I know a lot of posters here try....).