Chris, you are going the right way, by auditioning these different things. Nobody can tell you what is "right for you", except you. We can only make suggestions based on what our past experiences have been, and we don't have your system and listening environment here at our homes.
To find your "Goldilock's" products which sound "just right" will require your listening to various things to see what makes the most impact on your listening sensitivities.
That is the best way to proceed.
Regarding your GPA amp stand, I have no doubt that it was a nice sounding addition to your system. However, sometimes there are some differences in the applications, like turntables vs amps. And again, there are differences in listening tastes.
One day, call me up and get one of the Sistrum stands to listen to. We'll be happy to take it back if you don't like it. I'm betting you'll keep it. I have an extremely high resolution and very dynamic audio system, with analog-only source, state-of-the-art SET OTL amp, and 100db sensitivity speakers, all battery powered, which will resolve the most hidden details that are below most other system's noise floors. I use Sistrum and Audiopoints under everything, and I don't have to do it just because I work for them. I do it because the sound improvement is significant. I gained an extra db and a half of headroom, just by using this stuff. My already good dynamics were improved quite a bit, detail was even better, and everything was more "in focus". The results of the Sistrum platforms under my speakers was amazing. All cabinet resonances that caused some of the colorations was eliminated, and resulted in an extraordinary improvement in my speaker performance. The Audiopoints vs the BDR cones that came standard with my Teres TT, was much in favor of the Audiopoints. And these are both rigid type points. I've had superb results from this stuff in my system, and that was why I went to work for Starsound.
To find your "Goldilock's" products which sound "just right" will require your listening to various things to see what makes the most impact on your listening sensitivities.
That is the best way to proceed.
Regarding your GPA amp stand, I have no doubt that it was a nice sounding addition to your system. However, sometimes there are some differences in the applications, like turntables vs amps. And again, there are differences in listening tastes.
One day, call me up and get one of the Sistrum stands to listen to. We'll be happy to take it back if you don't like it. I'm betting you'll keep it. I have an extremely high resolution and very dynamic audio system, with analog-only source, state-of-the-art SET OTL amp, and 100db sensitivity speakers, all battery powered, which will resolve the most hidden details that are below most other system's noise floors. I use Sistrum and Audiopoints under everything, and I don't have to do it just because I work for them. I do it because the sound improvement is significant. I gained an extra db and a half of headroom, just by using this stuff. My already good dynamics were improved quite a bit, detail was even better, and everything was more "in focus". The results of the Sistrum platforms under my speakers was amazing. All cabinet resonances that caused some of the colorations was eliminated, and resulted in an extraordinary improvement in my speaker performance. The Audiopoints vs the BDR cones that came standard with my Teres TT, was much in favor of the Audiopoints. And these are both rigid type points. I've had superb results from this stuff in my system, and that was why I went to work for Starsound.