Thanks for the comments guys, I appreciate them. I respect the sentiment, but my current rig is wholly vintage: 1963 Sherwood s5000-II tube amp, and 70s Norman Laboratories, model 10s. I've really got the thing dialed in and it sounds killer. I played Nora Jones for my FIL the other day and it quite literally blew his wig off. Isn't it great when someone experiences true high fidelity for the first time ever?
I'm not sure how wowed I can be placing a Zrock and a ZLC in front of my Sherwood. Steve's caliber of gear mixed with vintage dinosaurs such as my Sherwood likely wouldn't be that monumental. If my curiosity can hold, I'll just keep everything boxed up, acquire piece by piece, and have one glorious day of reckoning in a year or so. It's all about the slow burn, baby!
They're much to be said for piece-by-piece appreciation—I adore poring over every detail of every new thing—and I shall do so. But it's also a thrill to open up 20 new things, set it all up together, and allow the whole to blow you into the stratosphere. This whole thing has snow-balled. What began as a modest MKV purchase, transformed and morphed into 300b-csp325-ZrockII-ZP3-ZLC-Steve cables. This can primarily be attributed to reading all the glowing reviews from you fine folks. What began as, "hey, let's see what this Decware thing's all about," to "let's just go balls out and get the best of everything (within my budget). Buy quality, cry once, and then my wife and I can enjoy our 1500+ record collection to the absolute maximum from now to the grave.
I haven't ordered by rack yet, but I'm thinking about this one:
https://butcherblockacoustics.com/products/rigidrack™-4-shelf-rack-1-thick-maple...-shelves-1-walnut-legs?variant=29468521562227
That might be too large for the gear I'm getting, but maybe not. I'll do some final measurements and such when I get closer to go time. The rack will be the last thing I acquire before opening all the boxes.