Audioquest/Acoustic Zen/Analysis Plus?

The Paradigms and the Aragon 8008 are all warmish sounding components! The Satori/Matrix Ref or WOW IC's are the way to go here, indeed! The AZ stuff is going to be on the ever so slight lean side, but very neutral, clear, detailed soundin...overall a great match with your gear(all of which I"ve had in my home or store at one time.
I'm familiar with all the components here, and have sold most everything. I think you'll find you can't go wrong here.
Hope this helps

I was pretty happy with AP Oval Nine. I've used (am using) AZ Matrix ICs; personally, I think that AZ is a little overated. I replaced my AZ Matrix MK-2s with Nordost Red Dawns, and I think that latter works much better in my system (and it was $100 cheaper on the used market). Sometimes the most expensive and popular thing really isn't the best.

AZ is slightly warm IMO, I recommend Audience instead for more neutral sound and better value.

All i can say here is "sheesh". One guy says Brand A is warm, the other says it is slightly lean and the third says it is over-rated. Nothing against any of these folks as they are sharing their opinion and experiences, but how is someone to draw any type of conclusion from suggestions like this? You really have to try cabling in your system to see how you like it. That is, unless one person has tried that cabling in multiple systems and has found it to bring consistent results with it each time OR someone has the same exact componentry being used. Otherwise, it is strictly hit or miss. Sean
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