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floor standing speakers with powered woofer
Golden ear. 
Moving-Coil Step-Up Transformer SUT
Denon AU 320 SUT, ZU/Denon DL103mc into my Audible Illusions Modulus 3B tube preamp. 
33.3 is now superior to 45
I won a Mobile Fidelity Rolling Stones Box Set from Natural Sound back in the 90's. Since I didn't like the Stones, I sold it to Luke's Records in Pawtucket for around 60.00. The set even came with the Geotracker tone arm alignment platter. Should... 
Break In Time for Nordost Norse 2 lines
In my experience, if it sounds like crap when you insert it into the system, no amount of burn in time will help. 
Which component is most responsible?
In this order: speakers, preamp, amp, source components, cables. 
CD player outputs question.....
I prefer the sound of the Esoteric player when playing cd's. I use the Wyred dac mostly for computer based audio. Keep ion mind, the Wyred dac cost 1000.00 where the Esoteric player cost 8500.00. 
CD SACD PLAYERS
"Will Marantz out preform my Esoteric CD and SACD wise ?"Doubtful. IMHO, an Esoteric player is leagues above a Marantz. I have owned 2 different Marantz sacd players and I haven't heard anything that comes close to the quality I get out of my Esot... 
CD player outputs question.....
I have the analog outputs of my Esoteric SACD player going into my tube preamp. I also have the digital out on my SACD player going into my Wyred4Sound dac with absolutely no problems. No hum, ground loops, nada. 
Poor man's Rockport Atrias?
Doubtful the dealer will give a price break on the demo speakers. More than likely, the dealer won't want to sell the demos as he could lose sales waiting for a new pair to come in. 
Right angle IEC power cable
Shunyata makes a right angle adapter, female to male connector. 
Poor man's Rockport Atrias?
Used Rockport's under 20 grand show up on here once in a while. I saw 3 last month alone. 
tubes for leben cs600
Why not check out the tube store? http://thetubestore.com 
Suggestions for New/Used amp under $3500
Call Klaus at Odyssey. You may be presently surprised. 
Tannoy Speakers & Bi-wiring
Instead of bi-wiring, why not replace the cheap brass jumpers with a quality cable jumper. You could experiment with different wires or just go with a short (6") pair of the Audience cables to use as jumpers. 
Wrong speakers
Look into a pair of ZU Audio speakers. Very efficient and very tube friendly.