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Rec a 300B for Wavelength Cardinal Monoblocks
Jrinkerptdnet - Thank you. I will indeed be contacting Gordon before pulling the trigger on different tubes. And I probably should have mentioned that, as I recall, the 300B tubes in my Cardinals are the ones that Gordon prefers. I just now took a... 
Floor Stander with Small Footprint 7K - 15K
Canalis Amerigo. Around $10K if memory serves. 
The best speaker you ever heard?
I have listened extensively to the new Auditorium-23 Cinema Hommage speakers. They are absolutely stunning in every way. Musical presence, soundstaging, instrument textures, timbral accuracy, transparency, dynamics, resolution, weight - everything... 
Speakers that turn your analytical mind off?
Shindo Latours and Auditorium-23 Solovoxes, and to a somewhat lesser extent, Devore Silverbacks and Altec Valencias. 
Bookshelf speakers for Peachtree Nova125
+1 on the Rega RS1. 
High efficiency speakers
Line Magnetic. 
Attention Verity owners
+1 on Auditorium-23!Steven 
cartridge for WELL TEMPERED Amadeus
Another strong vote for the superbly musical EMT TSD15! 
Zu Omen Def vs Zu Soul Supreme vs Omega Super XRS
I have a pair of the Omega Super 8 XRS currently not being used. When I have used them, I ran them alternatively with a Bedini 25/25 and a pair of Wavelength Cardinal X2 300B mono blocks. A great pairing with both amplification sources, especially... 
Sadly missed manufacturers
Mofimadness - Wow! My bad - I did not know Klyne was still around. And I am especially glad to learn this since I have one of his fantastic full function preamps in one of my systems. Thank you for this good news!Steven 
Sadly missed manufacturers
And a few more:BozakIMFJSESnellBediniKlyneUher 
High-Efficiency Single Driver Speaker System
One of my three primary systems is, as you say, of the "Dark-side" It includes Auditorium-23 Solovox Hommage speakers, a Shindo Masseto preamp, Wavelength Cardinal mono-block amplification, and multiple digital and analog sources. I use this syste... 
which preamp
+1 on Klyne. If you are lucky enough to find one. 
Speaker for my Mark Levinson 331
Not a ML331, but perhaps close enough - Before I sold my ML334, I used it to drive a pair of Sonus Faber Cremona Auditor M's. It was a very good pairing, made even better when I added a REL sub. 
Best Speaker for classical music
Vandersteen 7 would be the best I know of and have heard, although those are a bit above your price limit unless you get them used. For new, Verity Amadis or Vandersteen 5A Carbon. I have the Verity Amadis in one of my systems and they are superb ...