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twoleftears

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What did you make for Christmas?
Not to worry, when it fails, you can turn it into a lazy susan. 
REVEL performa3 f208 or TEKTON Moab
Why stop at 15?  Think of them as a pair, then you can brag about 30.  Hooked up to your Topping they will make sweet, sweet music. 
Living room system: class A or AB amps?
Luxman monos will give you superlative performance.  Don't second guess it. 
Article: "Spin Me Round: Why Vinyl is Better Than Digital"
The unanswered question remains: What would Walter Benjamin say? 
The Curious Case of the Technics Integrated Digital Amplifier
Hold your horses.  Coming around February is the Technics SU-R1000 integrated, a very different kettle of digital fish.  It will be their first Reference class integrated amp.  150W doubling to 300W.  $9500. 
Subwoofers with current source First Watt?
There are certain amps (because of their topologies) that you can't hook up subs to in the usual way.  I know that Ayre is one of them.  Some of Aesthetix's designs.  Perhaps this one is too. 
Speaker upgrade for classical music
I thought of a fifth recommendation.  The Graham Audio LS 5/9f.Read this (for once) accurate review of the speaker, and see if it doesn't hit your desiderata.https://www.theabsolutesound.com/articles/graham-audio-ls5-9f-loudspeaker  
REVEL performa3 f208 or TEKTON Moab
jeffvegas and Tekton: truly a match made in heaven. You deserve each other. 
Priorities
Can you be Beethoven and Einstein reincarnated simultaneously?  Tricky.... 
Speaker upgrade for classical music
Four recommendations.If you can swing it, Harbeth 40.2.  The regular 40.2 model is now superseded by the Anniversary edition and the 40.3 XD, but the real difference in performance is minimal.  Which means that the 40.2 becomes more affordable, if... 
Speaker upgrade
@ssmaudio   Decide on a budget.  Describe the rest of your system.  Describe the dimensions and salient features of your listening room.  Describe the kind of sound/presentation you're aiming for.  Post all this information in a new thread and let... 
REVEL performa3 f208 or TEKTON Moab
JV--judging by all your comments in this thread, those Tektons will suit you perfectly. 
Speaker recommendation $10-20K (with some requirements!)
I listened extensively to the Salk Song3 BeAT.  There was a great deal to recommend it; but on an orchestral selection with massed ff violins, there was a hint of glare, that I blamed on the beryllium tweeter.  The only BE tweeter that I liked acr... 
Former Special 40 - Advice on next purchase?
Or you could look at the Fritz Carrera, which gives you the bass extension of many smaller floorstanders. 
Flexible Shielded Tonearm IC?
You can get 90 degree connectors on phono cables.