This is sad news. Best wishes to his family, and god bless. I always looked forward to his show reports. I loved his passion and enthusiasm for all things audio.
Hi there, I have no personal experience with the Musician Aquarius, but it has reviewed very well. It is also well below your $4000 budget at $3200. Might be worth looking into.
Very cool, thanks for sharing that. Congrats on having them in your system too. Another JBL speaker I wish stereophile would review are the DD67000's. There is a bit out there on them, but nothing from the big reviewers. I don't know when I will get new speakers, but I am definitely going to get...
I have not had the opportunity to hear the Triodelabs 2A3, but read good things about it. I think they would be a good match with the Volti speakers you are looking at. Best of luck to you in what ever you choose.
Have you considered the Prima Luna Evo 400. The mono's come with EL34 tubes, but you can put KT88. Considering they output 82W in triode with EL34, I would think you could reach 100W even in triode with KT88 tubes. I don't know what you budget is, but they are under 10K for the mono pair
Very cool. Please let us know what you think of it. I have also read a lot of positive press on these. Would be nice to hear from a real owner though. A revealing system like yours, you should be able to really hear it for what it is. Congrats.
This unit has been well received so far from the reviews I have watched on youtube, it will be interesting to hear from an owner of the product though. As joeinid indicated, this is really nice all in one package.