Looking for more transparency.

No matter what anyone says, cables ARE latter day tone controls.

Personal experience here. This may not work for everyone. I had something give my system more transparency and make it a bit richer sounding. The individuals sounds are a little richer and air in and around everything lets me hear the recording environment much better. Moving me closer to feeling there is nothing between me and the musicians. There is no downside I can tell after having it in my system for about 6 months. What I did was paste my connections with TC=Total Contact contact enhancer. I was surprised by the improvement I got.  I would highly recommend it for those that do not mind putting something on their contacts. 

Do you still have the grills of your speakers in place? A lot of folks do -they usually just look better that way. When you're young with great hearing it probably doesn't make much difference, but as you start to suffer from age induced loss of the higher frequencies it can become critical. If you haven't already tried, do it. FWIW.

Mentioning the equipment is only a few months old.. Yeah, it took a long time,  more than two months for my new speakers to really break in. And being retired I am listening eight to ten hours every single day!!!  
My pile of Furutech AC duplex also took a very long time to all break in. I would say, now from first few purchesed in late July 2018  with a few in August and a few in September.. they all finally have fully settled down like January!

Elizabeth,

All of a sudden, things are sounding much better lately!
Maybe things are breaking in or maybe my attitude has changed, or a combination of both.
  I realized something very interesting, that others may be appreciative of.  When I first play something in a day, if it doesn’t sound good, my feelings are colored by that for the rest of the day and beyond.  Just browsing through my very old preamp manual, I noticed it said the unit takes about a half hour to warm up and work properly. Now, of course, I have known about warmup of equipment forever.
But, never realized how important first impressions have an effect on the psyche.
 In other words, I was letting my mind get spooked by the first sounds I was hearing, and that ruined my mindset for a long time. I don’t know if we realize how much of a part the mind plays (like sex) in the enjoyment of the experience.
So..... Now I don’t really start listening until my preamp is hot and
Voila! I’m a happy camper.