How do I warm up my system?

Sony CDP's are bright and dry.....garbage in, garbage out. I'd suggest a different cdp.

The Sony is okay, but need a decent 16 bit filterless dac for sure, I have heard them on several sony transports that are used in hi-end machines, Krell etc... Go for DAC-AH, audiomirror, I think someone called Scott nixon has something as well.. all relatively good pricing.. Now beyond that sure room acoustics are always a good investment, but its also very hit or miss for what you are trying to correct...

Nuforce Amps well so that I do not catch too much flak for this I will keep it brief, Dry & a little Raw in my opinion.. for the money I see the appeal, but you could possibly do better if you find the right amp to work with your speakers, nuforce may not be that amp for you, but might be for someone else's speakers if you know what I mean.

Thanks everyone for taking the time.

it's interesting. nobody has endorsed an equalizer. why ?

i have heard equalization used at ces to eliminate balances in frequency response.

selecting a slope starting at 3k and looking at each octave thereafter up to 24k, might ameliorate the situation.

it's not a panacea but it might be a palliative.

every component in a system including cable is definitely have some affect to the sound, your speaker is the major component that decide how your system will sound, beside speaker, pre amp is the component that have most influence on the sound. i see that you had a tube pre amp in your system ,even i havent heard that preamp, i would suggest that you try to change tube in your preamp to see how it work and it is the cheap and easy way to do, just my opinion, good luck and enjoy your music