Upgrading-Clear Days to Nordost Tyr 2 or Frey 2 vs Cerious Matrix IC's and speaker cables


Hello everyone. I need your help.
I’m in the process of upgrading my Clear Day double shotgun speaker cables and IC’s.
I prefer musicality, micro and macro dynamics, speed and transients, and air and soundstage width and depth vs warmth.

I am very happy with what my Clear days are delivering I just want a more refinement in what it does well.
The ClearDays are generally neutral with good soundstage width height and depth. Musical but not overly warm, or thick sounding. Good bass presense with nice but not overly harsh highs. I am looking for more front to back layering of the sound-stage, detail in the mids and lows, plus balanced bottom to top performance across the entire frequency spectrum.

My 2 channel listening system consists of a Modwright Oppo with a GEC U52 rectifier and 75 silver shield "holy grail reflectors" output tubes. My amp is currently a BAT VK-6200 feeding into PSB T3’s supplemented with a REL S5. I use REL bassline Blue and AQ Boxer cables to connect my REL S5.

Has anyone demo’d both Nordost and the Matrix lines?
How do they compare? What is the Matrix house sound vs the Nordost?
Performance wise how does Matrix compare to both Frey 2 and Tyr 2?

Thanks everyone for your input and help. :)


chazzzy007

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@jayctoy 
Are you saying that the Tyr's are at another level clearly above the Matrix???
@steakster
Thank you for the suggestions. I will add I have 2 Puritan 156 power conditioners in my system so my power is on point.

The Clear Days speaker cables are 17 AWG (technical)
@dill
Thank you for your suggestion.
Due to furniture and other considerations I cannot move my speakers any further out into the room. I am actually happy with my current setup’s presentation. I listen to music for hours. The sound-stage depth is fine. I just want to tweak and get more of what I like.
@jayctoy
Thank you for the comparison.
That’s part of what I want to hear. How much superior from my Clear Days are the Nordosts/Matrix and how, and how do the Nordosts compare with Cerious Matrix???
EDIT-I currently have 2 Puritanlabs 156 power conditioners in my system as we as an PS Audio AC12 from VK-6200 to PL 156 as well as upgraded cables from all of my other components to the PL 156's. 
Thanks to @tweak1 @hifiman5 and @tuberist for your comments here.
In appreciative memory of Paul who many of us got a chance to know through the years. Great guy and such a loss for our community.

My Puritanlabs 156 conditioners are a very recent addition and they are breaking in now. The process is much like breaking in an amp as the sound character is evolving and although not finished breaking in I am very pleased with the improvement in SQ. I changed out a CPT 1800 and I must say it is several huge steps up in both current delivery and SQ with the 156’s vs the CPT 1800.

@tuberist What Nordost cables did you have in your system and how do the Clear Days compare to them???


Thank you for the suggestion @b_limo 
Not known to the community at large, was that during the last year or 2 of his life Paul was being treated for acute stomach problems. He thought it complication due to previous back surgery. He barely was able to sleep and it turned out in the end he had cancer. He will always be remembered for being a kind and generous man.

@b_limo 
In what ways do your Oval 8 better the Clear Days and what is there general sonic signature on the warm/analytical scale???