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This is a system I have just put together over the past few weeks with everyones input here. I've been able to add piece at a time to enjoy the improvements but now I'm at a crossroad. I just purchased both amps this week & have yet to hear them in my system. Looks like I'll be making a choice next week after spending a little time with both of them in my living room. I still need to get some good IC's & speaker cable. I'm running my generic stuff right now but figure once I decide on the amp, I'll upgrade shortly after with some quality cables to round out the system. So based on all this tell me which amp or cables you'd want to see on this system if it were YOUR own, this should be fun.
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    • VPI Industries HW-19 mkII
    turntable
    • Premeir FT-3
    tonearm
    • Onkyo DV-SP 1000
    Universal Player
    • Tascam DA-20MKII
    DAT player
    • Electrocompanient ECD-1
    DAC
    • ModWright SWL 9.0
    Tube Linestage Preamplifier Beta model with external power supply
    • Monarchy SE-100 Delux Mono Amp's
    Mono Amplifier
    • Von Schweikert Audio VR 4jr
    The VR4 jr Loudspeaker System
    • Monster Power HTS 3500 MKII
    A/C power filter/conditioner
    • DH Labs Air Matrix
    interconnect
    • DH Labs D-75
    Silver Sonic D-75 Digital Interconnect Cable
    • Acoustic Zen Satori
    Shotgun speaker cable

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Hi Fishwater, I like tube amps but of the two you have mentioned, I would go with the DNA-1.
Check out the Sakura ota cable kit. Very good sounding wire at a very reasonable price. There are over 300 post on the OTA. If you are willing to spend more $$$, give the Sonora from Starsound a listen. Whatever you decide i hope it will be fun. After you recover buying your wire, think about some PCs. And when you recover from that, look into isolation devices such as Neuance or Sistrum. I wish you the best in your search.

brulee