Boring? I'd look at using iso/absorb stuff or better rez components to assure musical interest rather than bombast.
For example a euance platform will "tighten up" a cheap CDP so well that you'll be on the edge of your seat THROUGHOUT the Zander Starinski Sacre de Printemps on Pickwick (Jordan Hall live, 1990). Still my favorite disc. The reprise last year wasn't as good (but the same guy yelled his now-famous "gasp" at the end!).
For example a euance platform will "tighten up" a cheap CDP so well that you'll be on the edge of your seat THROUGHOUT the Zander Starinski Sacre de Printemps on Pickwick (Jordan Hall live, 1990). Still my favorite disc. The reprise last year wasn't as good (but the same guy yelled his now-famous "gasp" at the end!).