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Underwood HiFi Cables
Before Equi=Core was bought out by Underwood, they were selling power cords that were revealed to be straight re-brands from China, available on Amazon.  Back in the day, someone pointed it out in one of the threads about the company and the then ... 
What speaker has the best tweeter?
Scanspeak Ultra tweeter.Made exclusively of silk from free-range silkworms fed on organic, non-GMO mulberry leaves. 
Speaker Questions and Recommendations
It's going to be a bit of a challenge to find speakers significantly "better" than your current ones (which are very good), especially at the 6K point, even factoring in used.I second the advice of starting to explore what's out there.  Bear in mi... 
Speaker Recommendation
40 watts with 90dB is just fine.Geez.  For a while I was driving 86dB with a 60W integrated, just fine (though evidently not optimal).Oh, and my advice, avoid speaker brands beginning with T. 
Looking for a cable maker
Triode Wire Labs makes all kinds of one-off custom cables.  See their thread over on AudioCircle. 
What do we hear when we change the direction of a wire?
I had the distinct impression that doogie was the return appearance of a A'gon poster from before, who had left or, err, been obliged to leave the site.  I'm just not sure who.  These "revenants" seem to be becoming more frequent. 
I really could use some help here.....
what the Hell am I hearing? How does it sound to you now?  Better/worse/different to before you introduced the sub? 
LYRA DELOS CARTRIDGE TOO BRIGHT, THIN AND SHRILL SOUNDING
Evidently the original post was made not with the intention of getting advice on how possibly to improve the situation, but rather with that of venting about disappointment. 
Had Three Different Speaker Thoughts; Now A Fourth
Fritz is a good recommendation.  All the drivers he uses are from Scanspeak.  Search this site for plenty of recommendations. 
Speakers as the principle component/other components are servants
Geez, if that was the long story short, I shudder to think of what the long version is like. 
Mirage M1 Speakers
And especially if you want some extra stability...https://soundocity.com/  
An Urgent Hypothetical!
When you say "country loving", are we talking about the great green outdoors or a particular genre of music?Makes a world of difference to the answers... 
EPDR more important than impedance alone
A steep phase angle can make a speaker difficult to drive.Low impedance can make a speaker difficult to drive.Neither phase angle nor impedance are steady over the frequency range of the speaker.Phase angle and impedance are not tied to each other... 
Poor grammar is disappointing and decidedly distracting in formal audio reviews.
Let's eat, grandpa.  Let's eat grandpa.I'd like to thank my parents, Susan, and the Almighty.  I'd like to thank my parents, Susan and the Almighty.etc., etc. 
Will line conditioner do anything for the other receptacle in a duplex?
Clearly I really need to stack my Bright Star Little Rock on top of my Puritan PSM 156.