@ghdprentice Took your advice about power conditioning that you suggested as a first step and just got myself an Audioquest Niagara with Audioquest Blizzard & Monsoon PCs since I received an incredible offer from my dealer. You were totally right, straight out of the box, the sheer addition in energy, the silence between notes and the texture on plucked string instruments is surreal. And it is literally just out of the box, with only the Audioquest Monsoon cables I can't imagine how it could sound when the Blizzards that I ordered arrive... Quite an eye-opener.
In the meanwhile, I tried out on loan the Tellurium Q Ultra Black II speaker cables, the RCA ICs from the same range, with 2 Black II power cables each on the DAC & Integrated amp. I made my system sound a bit too forward for my taste, albeit with increased detail. Quite impressive sound, with very extended highs and bass, but it lacked the coherence that I can experience with my 300$ Van Damme cable loom + Audioquest PCs. As if I am listening to very impressive individual sounds and not a music.
Brought back the cables after the 2 day trial and in the meanwhile Ordered a full loom of Zavfino/1877 Phono cables (Prima Mk.2 Speaker, Fusion Mk.2 RCA & Highlands Phono cables). Given the relatively attractive cost of entry, it will be interesting how it lives up to the hype on the forums.
@jond I already had Audiotorium23 speaker cables approximately 5 years ago. I sold them not long after getting them, I had been told that it would be a perfect match with the Tannoy Kensington GR and Air Tight ATM-2 amp I was running back then. I don't know if it's due to system synergy but never really brought anything to my system back then. But to be frank, Tannoys are not the most revealing speakers out there :)