Where do I go from here?

What phono and mains cables are you using

If you are using the mains cables that came with the gear then upgrading them to something better will improve the system tremendously.

Upgrading to stager silver solids interconnects would probably be the last interconnects you ever buy

I have the Cambridge audio 640p and the Dacmagic - upgrading the interconnects and power supply cables made huge improvements.

Granted, they can get expensive, but if you can put a plug on a wire the power cords can be more reasonable

If you want more info let me know

I just found the link I could not find for my earlier post

For an insight into some of the cables I have tried and currently use see...
http://www.image99.net/blog/files/category-cables-in-my-stable.html

Since writing the article above I have made some changes to the power distribution side of my setup which has changed my opinion of the DHLabs cable slightly...

On the power cable side, DH Labs are for the budget minded and perform very well considering they are about 1/3 the price of Furutech, but Furutech are are the cable to beat - not that there are not better performers out there, but they are BIG$$$.

The DH Labs Power Plus is extremely good and performs to the level of the lighter gauge Furutech cable, but their Encore power cable lacks a little (and I mean a little) in the micro details - e.g. concert hall acoustics.

Hope this helps :-)

Thank you everyone! That is a lot of food for thought. I will take all of this knowledge with me when I go see "my guy" this weekend and do some equipment demos. I will let you know what i find out and may come back with more questions.

Tube preamp!

"sound staging is quite good, lows could be better but highs do sparkle and transients are quite nice. "

So everything is good apart from the lows? Might I suggest a subwoofer?