I put most of this system together prior to 2008 when the kids came along. Life happened and finding time to enjoy it was sporadic, but consistent. It wasn't until the COVID lockdown that I had the time and inclination to revisit and upgrade the system.
I added my first turntable in early 2020 and haven't looked back. I did replace the old CD player with an updated transport, but I'm still chasing the vinyl and enjoying every minute of it.
UPDATE: The wait is over. My wife and I built a new house and I have a dedicated ~ 24' x 18' room all to myself. Actually the entire basement is mine. My entire stereo system had been boxed up and put in storage for the past six months as the old house shows much better without a wall full of electronics. Go figure. It's still for sale if anyone is looking :) The new room is still unfinished, but the system sounds better than ever with all that breathing room. It just re-affirms what we all know, but tend to ignore. The room plays such an important part. My entire system is singing beautifully and that's with concrete walls and floor. I hope to post pics at some point.
Muralman1, we have spoken before about the H20. You have mentioned the Anti-Cable's to me as well. I may give them a try considering their pricepoint, but I will have to say the lack of any type of shielding turned me off when everything was in my living room. At this point, I'm one pair of cables away from my goal of all AZ. I've been very happy with them and they strike the right balance of performance and value. The owner/designer is also a nice guy. Right now, my main system is boxed up waiting for our new house to be finished, in late April. I have a ~19x23x10' dedicated room I plan to trick out. Henry Ho and I have traded a few short emails concerning the Fire pre-amp. I need to call him back and see what the backlog for the audition will be. I was surprised to hear about the heat output from the pre that was mentioned in the recent thread. I've never heard comments like that regarding a pre-amp before.
A little late in my response, but Sologed my current room is 13x19 and they work fine. What will limit them is how close to the rear wall you will have to put them. If you can move them out 5' or so that's what they like.
System edited: I swapped out my Kimber 4 TC speakers cables with AZ Hologram II's. As you can image the bass sounds sooo much better. It has much better depth and fullness.
System edited: Replaced my Signal Cable RCA interconnect between my pre and amp with Acoustic Zen Matrix Reference II XLR. I'm very happy with the results.
System edited: Replaced the Stratos with an H20 S250 Signature. I picked it up here on Audiogon so it's already nice and broken in. The sonic charecter that hit me first was "effortless" in it's presentation. I picked it up over the weekend and couldn't be happier.