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A warm DAC?
For your purposes the PS Audio DAC III is a warm DAC and probably quite affordable used if you can find one.  
How good can it get, really? - my stereo sounds amazing!
Check out an audio show like Axpona or one of the other regional shows to see how other systems sound. I am always amazed when I go.  
Does power conditioning really matter?
I have to give Monster their due in that they do a great job as a surge protector. I got the $199 model with "stage II" (never defined what that is) filtering and I think it made a modest improvement in the sound for the components I had. One summ...