Minor correction and some added details -
The Beach Boys album was actually The SMiLE Sessions which was released 44 years too late. I wanted to delve more into that, but didn't want to bore you guys.
The Morrow XLR I use is a $300 1.5m MA3, and ProggRobs cable I believe he said was a $500 cable...and since you guys were so impressed with the improvement, it looks like I may need to try out some higher end XLR and see if I can push the detail envelope without giving up that smoothness.
The Elvis in question was the Elvis Stereo '57 on DSD64. Great sounding and worth the money, even though I'm not a big fan of Elvis, this is just downright good music .
http://store.acousticsounds.com/d/94709/Elvis_Presley-Stereo_57_Essential_Elvis_...We probably should have demo'd the Pikes Peak OS vs the new (beta) Yale OS on the PS Audio DirectStream so you guys could more clearly here the difference. It's quite profound - but I think we all felt the new musicality of the Yale OS. I look forward to seeing what that wizard Ted Smith does next, as I think he said he could lower the noise floor even more!
I didn't get any photos of the tiny spare bedroom, but I'll take care of that as I decide to move forward with the dedicated room experiment. I know power is going to be an issue, but even more so - it's only a 10 X 12 room....maybe even a little less. It will be a fun experiment to see what I can do with it and a truck-load of DIY room treatments.
Also, after you guys left, I started working on the Eico amp - assuming there aren't any hidden issues, I hope to have this up and running in a week, maybe two if I need to order more parts.