too laid back, or deeper soundstage?

People usually are bothered when their usual soundstage changes. Why don't you keep it for some time first before you tweek some more? If you want to go the IG (instant gratification) route, I suggest you change the tubes to a more richer variety if your CJ is a tube pre/amp or try different power cables.

Also, another caveat - depth of soundstage a result of getting more time-correct low-level detail from your system. It seems that the precise imaging of echoes and the decay of instruments in the apparent acoustic space now appear - like putting on your glasses, if you're myopic. If you like live recordings and classical, you may prefer this kind of sound. Pop, rock and small-ensemble jazz might sound a bit too subdued in this case. (Since most of us grew up listening to that on a totally soundstage-less boombox, old habits and expectations die hard) But 'laid back' could describe a psychoacoustic phenomenon where there is a little dip in the midrange (exactly where, I am not sure, but somebody mentioned this some newsgroup a long time ago), and this gives a 'laid-back' sound. The human ear is most sensitive in the midrange area; with the midrange being attenuated a bit, it makes the bass and treble comparatively louder. In my experience, this is much less satisfying than the first case - having a deep soundstage. I even had 2 power cables that manifest each phenomenon above exactly in my system! You should try and see which one plagues your system, then correct accordingly...