I had both the remote & non-remote version of these. I liked the remote version a tad bit more but the non-remote is a great piece too.
I would say the signature was still on the warm side of neutral but not as much as the Aleph amp. Cords-way too many to mention (over 75, as I was experimenting a lot!) but the standard design for the IC I settled on (and still use) is a solid core copper 20-22 gauge with very little sheathing/insulation. For the PC it didn't seem to matter that much, so I just used a basic 12 ga. copper wire w/gold ends.
