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Trying to extract more from my Vandersteen
UPDATESo initially I started out by playing around with speaker placement, including toe-in and tilt and such. Toe-ing increased a bit of brightness and proper tilting also helped. I set up my second system in the same room and interchanged compon... 
No Audiophiles in Hollywood
In "The Departed", Matt Damon's wife loads a CD or was it a cassette into an all-McIntosh system. 
Trying to extract more from my Vandersteen
Thanks for all your input guys. I'm gonna first try testing various speaker positions, toe-in/out, vertical angle and such, and see what improvements I can get for free. What do you think would have more impact? Switching IC's or speaker cables? 
Trying to extract more from my Vandersteen
Thanks for all your insightful responses. So it seems there are 3 general suggestions. I will try to address each of them and provide info for more dialogue.Changing speakers: I hadn't given this a thought. I agree, the Vandersteen arguably gives ... 
Who is your overall favorite guitarist?
joe satriani, terje rypdal, david gilmore 
MIT's not good for tube components?
thanks for all the info guys. hmm, looks like i'm gonna have to do some serious research on cables. 
Matching Preamp for Rotel 990BX and Snell E III
I used to run a rotel 990-BX with a TAD-150. It was definitely an upgrade from the rotel RC-995, which was one of rotel's higher end preamps in the late 90's. I have now replaced the rotel 990-bx with a mccormack amp, but I was very satisfied with... 
I'm done Really
You're definitely not alone! I have a vandy 2ce sig powered by a McCormack DNA-1 deluxe and a TAD 150 sig. It's almost identical to your system. I have owned the TAD 150 for only about 2 months now. I love what this tube pre-amp does for my system...