Nsgarch, Your system is Killer by the way. I have owned like 3 set of VD cables so far. I keep saving up for the next series. I now have the masters from the nites and from the audition series. If you have'nt ever tryed a VD cable, and with your system, you should. Rick sometimes will send you a cable just to try. I know for me that was all it took.So on my way up to the master series of cables,
I would try different cables, swamp out one cable for another to see if it would add or subtract to my system. I could never replace a whole systems wires at one time because of the cash thing. So an apple to apple is hard to do.The wire you add or subtract may not be the weakest link, but when you wire with all one brand, you sometimes strike a synergy. This is what VD cables do IMO. The more you add, the more the system comes together. I am sure you already know all of this with your fab system. I have used over the years cables, and speaker wire from Rat shack, Kimber, Audioquest,Audience, Nordost, Wolff, ps audio, and shunyata, a couple homemade, maybe one or two more that I have forgotten. This isn't an apple for apple, but everytime I changed out a cable, I alway went back to VD. AS a whole system, yes it will transform your system. Try one on your killer system, just to see if you gain or loss anything.By the way, Stereotimes has a review on the master series which you can read if you wish.