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I am not familiar with the asw 1000 nor have I owned any of the equipment that you have. I do know that B&W is a favorite around here so I would rule out changing those. I don't know that a change of cables will give you what you are looking for. However I am familiar with the Adcom gear. Though it has a great bang for the buck, there are better. You have a massive amount of power. You might consider selling the amps on Ebay ($350-400) per amp and taking the money to buy a better amp. I like Conrad Johnson myself, but you might research what other B&W owners are using to accomplish a great sound with them. Hope this helps. Happy hunting.

Welcome to the Wild Wild West Artemus. Anyway, Ginn what is it that you don't like about your system? Is it bright or lacking power? What about clarity? If you tell us what is it that your system doesn't do for you I'm sure lots of us will gladly give our opinions.

Ginntonic: I agree also with the above. You are going to get alot of suggestions depending on what you are looking for & how much to spend. What I see as your weak point would also be power. A couple of [opionions] I have would be a sherbourn 5/1500, b&k 7250, rotel 1095, and if you really want to stay with adcom then adcom gfa5503 & gfa5500. Those are my [opionions] in order, which for the $$$ will give you a big bang for the buck. All these amps range in the $2000-$2500 retail price. And we all know that is a price we do not pay that's why we are here for. The #1 web. I hope this helped you a little bit. Good Luck.

Viridian I can't agree more. The preamp should be the best piece in your system such that it's not your limiting factor(1) in order to get all that is available from your source components (2) in order to drive the downline equipment with the best quality signal possible.