Krocdoc, I have a pair of DH Labs silver sonic interconnects, the newer one, and also a pair of budget silver ones, I believe they were called Stealth, ETS (Enter the Silver). both pretty modest @~ $100/pr, at this point I like the Stealth thin silver ones a little bit over the S.S. As for a power cord, the stock Cary sounded much better than the stock Parasound that I stayed with for a while.. Then I bought a Coincident power cord form Kevin Deal, from whom I bought the amp. It seems to give an even more solid defined soundstage, I like it.
CDP 2K for Cary sli80 Shearwater H.R.
Okay, time to ditch the last of the mid-fi links in my system, (Marantz cd63se). I'm hoping for even better soundstage & naturalness. I've heard nice things about the Cary 303, but its a little more than I want to spend. The Planet & otheres in the 1K range may even give me a nice improvement, so perhaps I can save a little $. What'ya think?