If your system sounds "bright", please stay away from silver ICs. Silver ICs tends to be fast and very clean but bright. Some ICs that are on the warm side such as Harmonic Tech and AudioQuest. I owned some Rotel pre/amp before. They are not bright but very warm. So are the B&Ws ( more towards neutral side). Try to toe in the speakers 'till the image is focused . It may help with the brightness. It will not cost anything but may worth the efforts.
How to warm up cold-sounding Rotel/B&W system?
I recently purchased Rotel 1062 Integrated, Rotel 1072 CD player and B&W 703 speakers. Perhaps system will settle in over time, but at this point it sounds very cold and clinical to me. Highs on many cd's are downright painfully harsh and generally the sound is fatiguing. "Warm and musical" it ain't. I tried the CD player with my old set-up: Nakamichi RE-1 receiver and B&W P5's, and this coldness was not apparent. I also tried substituting the P5's for the 703's with both Rotel pieces and the sound was still pretty chilly, though not quite as bad. Any suggestions? Maybe it's the amp? I have Transparent "the wall" speaker wire and whatever the cheapest Transparent interconnects are. I've heard people call Transparent stuff "cloudy" but never "chilly". Any suggestions?