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Bryston ???
https://www.audiocircle.com/index.php?topic=175758.0 James Tanner is active there today.  He's very approachable and will get you squared away.  Mike is their no. 1 tech who is also wondering approachable and helpful. 
Solid state amp to go with tube preamp; used ok; budget: $3k max
If you're buying new, then it would be hard to get better value for money than from the Belles Aria stereo amp (2k) or the monoblocks (3k the pair).  I own the monos; they run cool and together take up less space than many stereo amps.I glanced ov... 
Amplifiers in use with big Harbeths (Mon 40 series) that work very well
I first heard the 40.2's at Deja Vu in Washington DC.  There and at the CAF Vu was driving them with high-power CJ tube amplification.  I believe they can do well with both SS and tube. The need for a certain amount of power seems to be the most f... 
Bryston ???
You can find the CEO over on the Bryston forum on AudioCircle. 
Yet Another Post About Power Conditioners!
@output555  In answer to your question a while ago, yes, I other threads on the Puritan I posted how I compared them over a period of time with a substantial number of other respected units, most of them costing more, and the Puritan came out as t... 
Yet Another Post About Power Conditioners!
You missed likely the best choice, a Puritan 136 or, with a little stretch, the 156.  Search threads on them on this site. 
RE: the question: ":Why do forum interactions become contentious". . .
The best laid schemes o’ Mice an’ Men          Gang aft agley,An’ lea’e us nought but grief an’ pain,          For promis’d joy! Robert Burns, "To a Mouse" 
Amplifiers in use with big Harbeths (Mon 40 series) that work very well
Over on the Harbeth Users Group (I know, I know), there is a thread called "The 'A-list' of amplifiers actually in use At home".  While this obviously covers all the Harbeth models, and while subjective comments are indeed discouraged, what I stil... 
Are Pre-Amps necessary?
Yep.  All you need is a straight wire with gain and a potentiometer.  Amazing that no one figured this out sooner. 
Why do components sound different?
Why couldn't the straight wire with gain be a curved wire with gain? 
My Experience With Tekton
Benjy would be envious. 
Zavfino
If they have that metal barrel in the middle, I'd be inclined to have the directionality follow the lettering on it. 
Audio Research and Acme Audio Labs fuse
So QSA makes a dual-element, time-delay version? 
Classical Music for Aficionados
My definition of good-natured.  Not all pianists qualify.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBbRTRBY4D4  
My Experience With Tekton
Well said!  @three_easy_payments     To every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.