Hi:
I do not have any experience with your equipment (but have heard good things about your Cary CD player) or with the Granite Audio IC's.
The KS 1021 is a very, very good IC. I have used 1011 and 1030 for the last three years, and spent about six months with 1021's in two different systems. The 1021 is a neutral, very open-sounding and transparent IC that has worked well with every use I put it to. Kimber's silver cables pass more information from the midrange up than do most copper cables, so you may want to be certain that the rest of your system is up to the task before using it (they expose grain and other nasties in other parts of your system). Kimber is a really good company to deal with, too, from my experience.
Good luck
I do not have any experience with your equipment (but have heard good things about your Cary CD player) or with the Granite Audio IC's.
The KS 1021 is a very, very good IC. I have used 1011 and 1030 for the last three years, and spent about six months with 1021's in two different systems. The 1021 is a neutral, very open-sounding and transparent IC that has worked well with every use I put it to. Kimber's silver cables pass more information from the midrange up than do most copper cables, so you may want to be certain that the rest of your system is up to the task before using it (they expose grain and other nasties in other parts of your system). Kimber is a really good company to deal with, too, from my experience.
Good luck