Dallas or Texas-based audio companies

Purist Audio Design cables is in Clute, TX, I think. (not DFW)
AudioKinesis Speakers (Duke LeJeune's company) is located in Princeton, TX, which is in the DFW surrounding area.
High Fidelity Cables is in McKinney, Texas (DFW area)

Galen Carol is in Texas. Not sure how close he is to you but he is very accommodating.

Let's get back to Texas.  Yes Raven is a Texas company.  Please do not judge the Raven speakers by the price tag until you have heard them  Op...give James Connel a call.  He lives in the Dallas area.  I am sure he can arrange a demo of the amps and speakers together. I was able to listen with James.  They are very good speakers.  It will be worth your time to call James.

Why would I put the Moab on podiums?

For the same reason you would put any speaker on Podiums: they sound even better! Not that it's necessary. I was seriously impressed with mine right out of the box.  

From what I am able to gather, Moabs are close enough to Ulfberht that if mounted on Podiums they would be quite a bit better. Total cost of Moabs plus Podiums is less than Ulf's, but will sound better. That's what I was getting at.

Another +vote for Silent Source cabling offered via John Fort Audio.

Happy Listening!