after i moved the NuForce 8.5 v2's in:
same cd changer sony es, same i'cs from that unit, (mapleshade),
with my adcom 750 pre amp i got the sound i was searching for, but changed wires and lost the sound.
i changed the speaker cables to NuForce and got it back,
purchased a Cambridge 840 CD and it was flat and not very exciting.
went back to the sony cd es, still had the adcom preamp,
all through this period i had psb Stratus gold i speakers.
went over to NuForce s9's and the sound was very blaaahh. no soundstage, kind of a muddled sound with no bass. a $5400 set of speakers, apparently, suited for a nuforce system can't possibly sound that bad.
i do think it's possible that the pre amp is just not quite burn-in.
any ideas.................................. ...........................thanks, dan