How Do I Start Playing With the Big Boys and Girls

Cellorover's asks about yr musical tastes. This is important.If you listen to classical/jazz (i.e., lots of acoustic instruments) I can indicate certain products that match very well with the SF speaker line/sound.
Please note that this is NOT exhaustive, there are many excellent products out there (& your ears are the ultimate decision-maker) -- but these electronics have been used to demonstrate SF speakers (used, within your budget):
*YBA Passion (ss; integrated or separates)
*Jadis integrated (tube; the separates are very expensive)
*Symphonic Line integrated (ss; various models, the smaller ones will drive the Signums, but the bigger & more expensive ones are much better).
*Spectral (ss; difficult to find within yr budget -- but not impossible)

Many, many other choices. Your speakers are very "euphonic", lush, & musical. They like amps that offer lots of detail, speed, and control. Cheers

For Sogood and Crazy: JCBach maybe doesn't want to be in "hi-fi heaven," he just might want "music heaven?"

Yes Eldragon, "music heaven" would be terrific to live with considering I'm a music educator and my high school band occasionally sounds like the opposite of music heaven. To answer Cellorover and Gregm, my music interests are very eclectic, from classical, jazz, rock, world, techno, etc. but I would say the focus is jazz and classical first. When one suggests they are into clasical though, isn't that misleading, as there are so many forms and styles? I'm thinking that the Gymnopedies for piano by Erik Satie would demand something different from the equipment than the last dance movement of The Firebird Suite by Igor Stravinsky or even The Blue Danube by Johann Strauss, as examples. Is there equipment in the area of amps that is known for being able to reproduce and handle the wide variety of sonic demands that classical music puts upon the ear? Thanks again for all the input.

Eldragon: Not sure what you're getting at, but I was really just trying to suggest to JCBACH that his search for the right equipment is more complex than ss vs. tube (or maybe you don't like the PS Audio product?); there will be surprises along the way. The bottom line is that each of us must make our own choices based on listening, and it's a good idea to do that by first casting off any prejudices such as ss=better bass, tube=detail, more $=better sound.

Zaikesman, I was not trying to have Jcbach belive anything. In his post he stated his goals for his system and I gave him my advice on how to reach those goals. He stated that he did not care about hihg volume levels and wanted his system to sound sonicly pure, (I thought people bought tubes to get some of that tube sound?) I like tubes and I like the tube sound but he did not ask how to get that tube sound,he said (sonicly pure)and I gave him the best answer I could to reach his goals. For you to try to make him think that he can reach those goals by just getting tube gear that has no tube sound (why would someone want tube gear with no tube sound anyway) is bad advice on your part. I have no problem with anyone that wants to add what tubes can do for their system, sounds like you may have a problem with what a passive can do for a system though. If you and Eldragon think he can get a more pure sound with tubes than he can with a good passive,then more power to ya, I would never give anyone that kind of advice when their goal was sonicly pure.