lmasino

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Ok, beating the dead horse AGAIN
Once used Sony CDP directly into the amp. Now own Sony SACD-1 and Dynaudio 3.0. Thanks! 
SS amps that sound like tubes?
If transistors could or would "sound like" tubes, why would anyone want to build or buy tubed amlifiers? My opinion (from experiance) that there is not such a thing as tube sounding solid state amp. 
Sibilance how do I get rid of it?
In my case source components were always the biggest offenders. Swap your CDP with another one see if that helps. I am not familiar with your CDP, but rest of the system looks fine, so you may have to spend some $$ for the CDP to be up to the rest? 
Starting over
No doubt, Plinius 8200 used for less than 1.5K! Good Luck! 
Tube integrated question
I would suggest you to try to "streeetch" your budget, and get it right the first time. On Audiogon Jadis Orchestra Reference $1600 or Jadis Orchestra $1350. Either one will outperform and by large margin, any integrated in your price range. Besid... 
Stupid Hi-fi advertising in Sweden.Help needed
You cannot force them to do anything! Look at the Audioreview.com is not much better, so i do not bother with them anymore. That's the reason you are on the A-gon, and do not look further.