Thanks for commenting. I do enjoy the sounds it produces and I probably spend 2 to 4 hours a day listening to it. It's that pleasurable.

Since I still occasionally listen to vinyl, I need a separate preamp and I would probably miss the qualities that a valve front end gives me. I've not tried because I am still enamored of the current set up. As I become bored and continue my tweaking, I may well but at this point I'm not sure I want to since the thought of swapping cables every time I wanted to listen to vinyl is not appealing.  If I were to go without a separate pre-, and still wanted an analog input, I would probably do the MPD – 8AI. 

Obviously, I am in the camp that believes that crossing over your mains with a high pass has advantages over running the mains full range and just adding the subwoofer. I believe the JL audio unit did this better than any others. For the price anyway

Proac Tablettes, and Linn Isobariks (terrible speaker). Read about Wilson Benesch and the science behind their design appealed to me so I tried a pair of Trinities. Magical, but bass shy.  The Vectors were from the next generation and shared components with their top-of-the-line speaker, The Cardinal. They design virtually all of their components and manufacture something like 90% in house. Their form factor is very similar to Magico, but while Magico uses the brute force of a big block of aluminum to house their drivers, Wilson Benesch uses technology and carbon fiber. I get the impression it is virtually the same stiffness in a much more compact and lighter package. They also use a 2 1/2 way design that allows the mid range to operate without a crossover, which I think is responsible for some of their coherence. I will not call them the poor man's Magico because I think they stand on their own and can directly compete, although it a lower price point.

I can say I've always been fond of the British sound having owned Kef 101s and 105.2s, Proacp

I mounted them differently than what Vicoustic recommends and am happy to share that with you via PM if you would like.