Thinking about it, I've spent a lot of money since then but the ASL amp, M3tis, Mapleshade Clearview double helix speaker wire, Ah! CDP, Velodyne 10" sub in an acoustically friendly room was not only terrific, but good enough to live with forever.
I grabbed a second ASL amp from the Canuck used audio site, slapped in some Shuguang Black Treasure KT88s, a 12" HSU sub, a pair of the magnificent Michaura M66s (modded of course), a used Technics table with a cheap Ortofon red, and used Sony ES SACD player, it sounds as good (that is to say, great) as many of me local audio bro's big buck systems.
