Such Great help before. Maybe some more help now

you can improve the sound or you can improve the connection. Sometimes measly desktop speakers can move you more than a 100K system. If you don't love you speakers, you are not excited to turn the music on, experimenting with another speaker can be fun

I agree. Cornwalls are YUUUGGE tho haha so moving them around or changing them out is a chore. @dcoffee yes it sounds like we definitely are thinking the same way. I like my sound a lot. I just dont have experience with a lot of gear. Just wanted to make sure my speakers ( that some disparage) were equal to the task of the other components.

Hello paqua 123!  Cables do make a difference, small, but noticable. Some dealers and manufacturers will loan you cables to try out. The cable that feeds the DAC is the most critical. You can lose ony postage/shipping costs in trying out cables. I didn't believe it until I decided to compare the various cales I had on hand. What works well for someone else may not work for you, don't be shocked. Do your friends agree on the best restaurant? Our ears are all shaped differently. We all have different mixes of equipment. Your system is easily good enough to hear differences in cables. The shorter they are, the less they matter. That's why they sell "monoblocks."  You can put 'em on the floor right behind (alongside?) your speakers and use a foot of zip cord salvaged from an old radio and do well. Of course, now we can discuss long power cords and interconnects! Some speaker makers don't care how their crossovers affect the amp. Some care a lot. The important thing is to enjoy the music! Whatever improves you enjoyment is worth a bit of bother in trying different thing out. Keep Smiling!

Thank you! So many what appear to be minor tweaks with possible major impacts. Sounds like an interesting road to go down!

I supplement my Forte IV's with a REL S/510 (driven by Luxman class A).  One of the best extra investments I ever made; seamless sound and disappears as a separate sound source, once properly set up (and that part was easy).