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Upgrade recommendation. Richard Gray or Mcintosh.
Go with a better preamp. The Gray may be an improvement, but not like what a good preamp will give you in terms of music.Upgrading the conditioner won't make the Onkyo ne more musical. 
Spikes for Meadowlark Shearwater Hot Rod
I have another direction for you. Spikes do provide some isolation for your speakers from the floor.But spikes only allow the resonance of the speaker and the floor to interact less with each other.The benefits of course coming from 1.) raising th... 
digital glare - problems/solutions
To: Tweak1Have you tried the Stillpoints under the Ultimate Outlet yet? Try it !!! Power Conditioners are effected by vibration also. 
Good but FLEXIBLE Interconnects
Your correct the Audience cables are flexible. But be very careful. These cables are made of single crystal copper. Like other OHNO cables, bending and twisting beyond some point will damage the crystaline structure. 
Need an integrated for sensitive speakers - Help
What's your budget?In transisters, try the Electrocompaniet.In tubes, try the BAT 300x, it actually comes in a solid state version also.These have power to spare and are extremly musical. 
Comments on Audio Note CD Players
I still have an AN-CD2, I lived with the CD3.These are fantastically musical players. Full textured, musical. The CD2 somewhat warm in some systems. The CD3 a little bright. But at the pricepoint noithing I tried sounded so much like music. I trie... 
B-wire - four cables or jumpers?
Check out this article on pros and cons.http://www.sonicdesign.se/biwire.html 
To biwire or not to biwire...?
All the above pros and cons are valid, but it still comes down to trying it in your system. There are alot of variables to consider.But some considerations both ways.The jumper camp:Consider this. When you connect your spade to a terminator that h...