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Any Present Magnepan 3.7i owner using them in a smaller listening space...
I owned Magnepan 3.7s (later upgraded to 3.7i's) for a number of years.  Initially, they replaced B&W 804s - I had moved and was now living in a townhouse with a truly cavernous space, and the 804s simply pooped out.  The Maggies filled that s... 
Classical Top Five
This is such a personal choice.  If I guage this by what I actually listen to, Beethoven overwhelms this list for me.  After Beethoven, I don't think I would have a ranked order, but neither Brahms nor Tchaikovksy would be in my top 5 - probably t... 
WILSON AUDIO.....BIG NAME, BIG PRICE........ARE THEY THAT GOOD?
I suspect you are going to get a wide range of opinions on this, all the way from Wilsons are great to they are overpriced garbage.  You need to make up your own mind, of course.  I just bought new Sabrinas on closeout, for a subtantial discount. ... 
For auld lang syne, ..high-end companies you really liked that are gone....
Spica - I owned a pair of TC-50s and later upgraded to Angelus'.  Great mid-range, soundstaging, and realistic reproduction of timbre.  Traded them in for B&W 804Ns, as my then-wife hated the form factor.  No surprise, we later divorced.I'll a... 
SET v. Pushpull
Guys, thanks for these responses - to add:  My budget is going to be $5K or less, and because of real estate issues I don't have room for tube separates, or monoblocks, - need to go with an integrated.Herb Reichert at Stereophile has paired a SET ...