@slaw Trying out the Noteworthy against my trusty low-rent Belkin AV20302-06 ICs. They’re inexpensive but transparent, fast, and do not roll off the highs. The Noteworthy’s have more musicality and deeper (huge) soundstage, more color, a reduction of a little glare, with a very slight loss of absolute air. Have to admit, I’ve not let them break in as much as they need as I haven’t been running system 2 that much. (The ICs are too short to reach the monoblocs on system 1.)