Emotiva Amp/preamp. Distortion distortion. That what I get for succumbing to sales pressure and not researching.
@retiredfarmer, I felt my Studio 100s were lacking, but then coupled them with Cambridge CXNv2 music streamer and Parasound A21. They never sounded so good. That said I really want a Sonus faber Olympica Nova for there tweeters. Fell in love after hearing them