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Auditioning room perfect via McIntosh men220
My bad... REW is Room EQ Wizard, free room acoustics software and audio analysis software.  There is also Dirac Live Calibration tool for miniDSP...  And, of course, just some plain old room acoustic treatment absorbers and diffusers... 
Auditioning room perfect via McIntosh men220
There is more than one way to correct a room...  Grab a copy of REW and see how your system and room work together or against each other... 
Where is my digital problem: taste, vinyl v. digital, DAC, realities, etc?
So you have a Manley Chinook tubed phono stage (very nice) feeding a PrimaLuna tubed Integrated (also very nice)...  Pouring tube sugar on top of tube honey...  So sweet...  That is going to be hard to match...  Look at R2R Designs Like Denafrips ... 
Need Help With Focal Scala Placement
Unfortunately thats a lot of speaker for a small room...  I would suggest using something like REW to see what is going on with the room and apply more base traps, wide band absorbers and diffusers...  You may need more than thick curtains on that... 
Martin Logan Illusion c34a
Forward to your question about matching fronts with center and surrounds... Since I only play 2 channel music with the ML fronts and ML sub thru my PL tube pre and McIntosh SS amp it sounds holographic amazing... For movies the ML center sounds fi... 
Martin Logan Illusion c34a
Both the ESLs and Illusion use onboard class D amps to drive the sub/woofers only... The Electrostatic panels are still powered by your outboard Yamaha amp... I really love Yamaha pre/pro/amps and use one myself... In my system and room I have fou... 
Stacking a HT processor on top of amplifier
Umm...  RTFM...  Allow at least 6 inches (15.24cm) above the top..."Allow at least 6 inches (15.24cm) above the top, 2 inches (5.08cm) below the bottom, 3 inches (7.62cm) behind the rear panel and 2 inches (5.08cm) on eachside of the Power Amplifi... 
Impressions of the Re-issued Genalex Gold Lion U77/GZ34 Rectifier Tube
I have a pair of these Genalex GL GZ34 (aka 5AR4) rectifiers in my PrimaLuna Dialogue Premium PreAmp along with some Genalex GL 12AU7s and a pair of Mazda CIFTE 12AU7s... This combination along with a McIntosh MC152 Amp and a pair of Martin Logan ... 
Primaluna Diaglogue Premium Preamp Owners
I feel that in my system, the GGLs bring higher highs and lower lows... Extension, resolution, speed and a tightness across the frequency range... The CIFTEs bring an edge, air and sparkle to the top... When everything comes together, in my listen... 
Primaluna Diaglogue Premium Preamp Owners
I have had a PrimaLuna Dialogue Premium Pre that fronts for a McIntosh SS amp and a pair of Martin Logan ESLs for a little over a year now.  I only used the stock tubes for about a month...  They sounded great after run-in but I have not used them... 
VTL 2.5i vs PrimaLuna Dialogue Premium
I have had a PrimaLuna Dialogue Premium Pre for a little over a year now...  I have had no problems or issues with it...  I love it...  It fronts for a McIntosh SS amp driving MartinLogan ESLs...  It makes beautiful music...  I have no experience ... 
Martin Logan Clarity Speakers....opinions
Hi Rocky,Your ML Claritys look to want 80 to 200 watts and can dip to 1.1 ohms...  Your Yamaha M70 amp looks like it provides 200 watts @ 8 ohms...  Will your amp work?  Yes...  Is it going to sound good with these speakers is anyones guess...  Is... 
Amplification question - PrimaLuna Tubes vs. McIntosh Solid State
You could always try a PrimaLuna Dialogue Premium Pre fronting for a McIntosh MC152...  Sounds lush and rich with my Martin Logan ElectroMotion ESLs...  Would I recommend PrimaLuna?  Yes...  Would I recommend a McIntosh MC152? Yes...