Any piece of equipment you currently dream of ?

@grislybutter Well, I plan to have the two independent of each other but under one roof and the workshop would have its own dust collection and mini-split. I primarily use hand tools (because they're more affordable than tons of power tools) but also I enjoy the manual labor aspect. 

As for the Billie and Hegel, I'm intrigued by the Billie's typology of the tube pre-amp while the Hegel is certainly more neutral. I've seen a few used Hegel 190s and they sound great. I haven't heard the Billie so that would be a true leap of faith. 

Of the Evokes and Vandersteens, do you have a preference between the two? 

@bipod72

I love your description of your cabin retreat too.

You need music in the shop :)

Probably about 40 pieces I’d love to have, but I haven’t hit a lottery yet!

A new house with room for a new listening room to support Rockport Lyras and all the flagship Boulder gear to go with it. 

@bipod72 

I haven’t plugged in my Evoke 20s in months. I also have a pair of Celestions. ($60 on Goodwill)

The Evokes are great speakers. Until you hear better speakers. To be fair, my Evokes beat a lot of speakers in my tests, Klipsch, Wharfedale, Sonus Faber, Totems, very musical and sweet, lively in the high frequencies decent bass but not the greatest resolution, detail and soundstage. My Celestions have a stunning soundstage and effortless mids, as they are more sensitive. The Vandersteens is good at everything, maybe not as robust and involving as the Celestions, but just very high quality.

I was very interested in the Mk3 but the price hike is brutal and may be worse with the tariffs. Do you know how the Hegel 190 copmpares to to the 90 or 95?