Interestingly my nCores are driving Linn Isobariks (in a 4-way active configuration). In my highly subjective opinion, they sound better than anything else I have heard in my 35 years of experience - but the neutrality of the sound is not for the "warm and musical" crowd...
And like you I find that neutrality and transparency...
intoxicating. the music brings its own intended tone and flavor, and plenty of it.