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Vertere Audio Sabre MM Phono Cartridge
I had a look, you have some very nice equipment, and interesting spaces, that’s one huge office you have fun with those JBL’s, Another member two hours away, (in dreaded Long Island) has the same Golden Ear Triton speakers, I’m gonna pick a time ... 
Can I use my Nakamichi cassette deck to record on tape into a Schiit Freya plus preamp?
btw, your separate phono stage (after it’s riaa eq is done) is line level out. you can run that straight into your cassette deck, skip the freya, or, put a two way splitter, 1 out to the freya, 1 out to cassette deck. or an A/B switch, phono to ... 
Can I use my Nakamichi cassette deck to record on tape into a Schiit Freya plus preamp?
just to record, luckily your preamp has 3 sets of outputs (1 pr xlr, 2 pr rca labeled se single ended). I didn’t read the manual, presumably all active, (possible/perhaps a menu setting activates/deactivates them)   you could use one of the rc... 
Balance on Tube Amp
  Schitt SYS, Switch Your Stuff, 2 Way Switch with Potentiometer, use a pair of them for independent L & R, $49. each  
Balance on Tube Amp
both XLR and RCA ins and outs manual volume control, individual L & R        
A list of efficient speakers at ~$5K a pair.
OP Aric Speakers seem like the answer for both you and your space. except price. Have you heard them? Time to sell some stuff and raise the budget. ARIC AUDIO Speakers Photo below from this review  
Balance on Tube Amp
get thee a Chase RLC-1 Remote Line Controller. They were made to add remote control to existing non-remote equipment. 105 db Signal to Noise Ratio is true: I and my friends are simply unable to hear whether it is in or out of the signal path. In,... 
Room is way too bright.
Elimination of reflections of hard side windows has been discussed. Don't mess with the content or origin, simply eliminate the problem temporarily when listening, that's the flexibility of Acoustic Fabric Vertical Blinds. Keep all that daylight, ... 
Room is way too bright.
Vertical Blinds, Thick Acoustic Fabric, angled one way facing the speakers both absorb sound and block sound reaching glass/hard/reflective surface behind, and still maintain some daylight and view from other vantage points. Heavy duty tracks, pr... 
Is the Rockport Avior II an Endgame Speaker?
I cannot imagine they would be the choice for your system. I'm not a fan of rear ports, I suspect their output/mud was what you were experiencing https://www.audiogon.com/systems/10200  
"Cleaning" Vinyl Makes It Worse Not Better!
@unclewilbur  everyone I made a Virtual System called MISC on this site, just to upload pics from my computer that I want to show here. Once there, do just as noted by dogberry above; IMAGE: any web image, right click, copy image address. in yo... 
Doozy of an amp question
There is no way I would spend that much money, perhaps get lucky with used, let a good find be the determinant. That SIM 861 is 155lbs shipping weight. They have the pair of Mono Block 400’s, shipping 33 lbs each, and that big MC 1502 is very sim... 
A list of efficient speakers at ~$5K a pair.
the used Volti Razz, 97db, 6 ohm nominal, they say use 8 ohm taps  
A list of efficient speakers at ~$5K a pair.
meanwhile, totally ignoring your requirements, I might pick this for you, I’d sure like to hear it, maybe fit your room, maybe not, seller says too big for his space Sanders Sound 10E absolute sound review  
If a tree falls in the forest…
I’d like to meet, hear each other’s system. You have any need or interest going to VAS, meeting Steve and Ray Leung? I need to go pick up a Fisher 500 of mine he has some time, maybe you come by here, we go together. VAS is 35 minutes south of me...