You have a bunch of issues wrapped up in your post that you need to fathom out. First off, you shouldn't be doing any 'critical listening' when you're still breaking in new gear. You need to get 300 or 400 hours on the electronics at least, before you're ready to sit down and analyze things.
When you're at that stage, if you still don't get what you are expecting, then here are some possibilities to consider.
1 - your system and your dealers system are totally different, as are your rooms, so you can't expect to hear at home what you heard in the store, just because you're using the same speaker wire or interconnect.
2 - you may need to experiment with isolation components under your electronics, like cones or vibrapods. You should also raise your speaker cables off the floor, just use plastic cups at first.
3 - you may need to mess with speaker placement and listening seat location. Whenever I change a component in my system I usually have to adjust the speakers a little. For example, I added a dedicated line a couple weeks ago that gave the sound a brighter edge, so I needed to play around with toe-in to get rid of some of the brightness. You have totally new electronics so you may need to realign your speakers.
4 - if you still don't get the detail from the soundstage that you seek, you may need to play with some basic acoustic treatments. Dampen the first reflection points on the side walls. Try a combination of absorption and diffusion behind the speakers, try a rug in between the speakers a few feet out into the room. You may need to treat the wall behind your seat also.
You've made a major change in your system and you have some break-in time to get through and some adjustments to make after things have broken in.
Just my two penneth.
Rooze
When you're at that stage, if you still don't get what you are expecting, then here are some possibilities to consider.
1 - your system and your dealers system are totally different, as are your rooms, so you can't expect to hear at home what you heard in the store, just because you're using the same speaker wire or interconnect.
2 - you may need to experiment with isolation components under your electronics, like cones or vibrapods. You should also raise your speaker cables off the floor, just use plastic cups at first.
3 - you may need to mess with speaker placement and listening seat location. Whenever I change a component in my system I usually have to adjust the speakers a little. For example, I added a dedicated line a couple weeks ago that gave the sound a brighter edge, so I needed to play around with toe-in to get rid of some of the brightness. You have totally new electronics so you may need to realign your speakers.
4 - if you still don't get the detail from the soundstage that you seek, you may need to play with some basic acoustic treatments. Dampen the first reflection points on the side walls. Try a combination of absorption and diffusion behind the speakers, try a rug in between the speakers a few feet out into the room. You may need to treat the wall behind your seat also.
You've made a major change in your system and you have some break-in time to get through and some adjustments to make after things have broken in.
Just my two penneth.
Rooze