New Preamp arrived....

Small tweaks would be appropriate to speaker placement.  I found, that a small tweak to the toeing was necessary and I ended up closer to being aimed perfectly at my eating location where with the SS I was tied slightly in front of it.  Eliminating the toeing altogether shouldn’t help.

We talked a lot in another thread about new speakers.  Have you picked something?  What speakers are you running?

I appreciate those that find an active preamp, the end all to great sound. I have experienced passive devices for many years, but until I received my Luminous Axiom II, Walker modded unit, it was either / or for me. I am not trying to be a shill here. I am, since the purchase of the Luminous, hearing details, from my recordings, that were smeared and subdued, through some excellent, well reviewed preamps. I am also fortunate, that I enjoy my dac, and it drives all of my amplifiers wonderfully, so maybe, I am just lucky....so does my tuner, btw....

gochurchgo, 

Before you switch out speakers or make any other component changes, look into treating your room acoustically. Otherwise, you may be on endless upgrade path. 
Contact GIK, they are fairly inexpensive. I was able to treat my room under $1500, the treatments made huge improvements. 

I spent another hour moving speakers around last night after my last post. I could change the sound some and even got punchier bass where they sit now. Having had zero money to spend I’ve spent a bunch of time playing with toe and front wall distance (it’s free!). I am liking where sound is now more than before.

ive looked into non permanent treatments but I don’t know where to start and there’s no “start with this” advice I could find. 
This is what I am working with. The red boxes are the speakers. The distance from the listener’s right speaker to the corner is 13’ or so.

As linked in a previous post I’m running Focal 807v which I think until recently was the best part of the system. I’ve not made a decision on what I want to upgrade them to as of yet, possibly:
Dynaudio Special 40
Holt Hill Cionnsaile Monitor
Canton Reference 9.2 DC
Verdant Bambusa MG1
(Used) JA Pulsars

Its been remarked to keep the Focals and run subs but I feel like that’d be a temporary solution and I doubt I’d ever get them to blend it’d drive me bonkers.

im happy with what the Quicksilver is doing. The detail and clarity is bonkers. I had hoped it would also warm up the sound but I think the speakers might be hindering that.

Tube-rolling seems like a cheaper alternative to changing speakers.  NOS Mullards are often cited in this kind of context, I'm sure there are others.