Steve, I think I finally got the direction correct. Finally. I have made a lot of changes to my system in the past few months -- swapping cables and playing with tweaks. The GG Reflections -- ICs, PC and SCs -- will definitely not be swapped out. They are great. I do have the Reflection XLR ICs in series with 2 other ICs. Whatever got into my head to put ICs in series has worked out very well for me. The Reflections produce beautiful sound on their own but there is so much more that this combination produces in terms of "being there" -- in my system -- YMMV. I'll be writing a system revue in a while once everything is in place. Thanks again, Steve, for your great cables.