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Warm Detailed Bi-Wire for Magnepan 3.6R
Try AZ Satori shotgun biwire. Will add more body without major detraction from detail or high end. Cardas will cut off the high end.Neal 
Dodson MkII D....Can't be THAT good....right ?
I have a 217 MKII D with 218 software upgrade and isolation transformer at SPDIF coax input. I use it with a CEC TL-1X, with a Kharma Grand Reference digital cable, then on with Nordost Valhallas to a Wyetech Opal preamp and a Krell FPB 300 cx amp... 
New Nordost Cable Valkyrja
There is a review this month in the UK magazine HiFi+. The basic message is these are as close to Valhalla as one can get without buying a Valhalla, but not quite Valhalla level.Neal 
i2 Digital X-60, digital cable
Great cable for the money, an improvement over D-60, but really not up there with the best. In my experience, this cable is surpassed by Nordost Silver Shadow (good); AZ MC2 (better); Siltech G5 (almost best); and the king of them all, Kharma Gran... 
Any recommandation for the Von Schweikert VR-4 SE
I have VR5 -SE's. The AZ Satori Shotguns work very well with VS speakers, but I just moved to Ensmble speaker cables with Ensemble jumpers and I find their imaging and detail superior and bass is deeper and tighter. About a 15-20% improvement over... 
Krell FPB-300 -W?- Pre- AR MRK 11 or BAT 50SE-51SE
I use a Hovland HP100 pre with Krell FPB 300cx. Marriage made in heaven. no problems with matching.Neal 
Silverline?Thiels? Audio Physic?: Need guidance
I drive my Silverline Sonatina II's with a Krell FPB 300cx power amp (300 watts/ch and very musical; much different than earlier Krells). My speakers sing with this amp. Excellent clarity, tight (but not overly deep) bass, an unequalled midrange a... 
Cardas spkr. cables: Quad vs. Cross vs. Golden Cr
I have used all three. If you can, go for the GC, it is quite audibly the best. But there is a larger increment of improvement between the Cross and the Quad than the Cross and the GC.BTW, I LOVE Cardas interconnects. 
A good integrated amp for Silverline Sonatina II
The thinness is probably coming from your CD Player, and not helped by amp. I have these speakers, and they sound anything but thin. They are wonderfully smooth and full - bodied. I would suggest Cardas Golden Cross (or Cross if that's all you can...