Do you use one brand of electronics or are you mixing brands what has worked best for you?

Maybe if the cables he is using are Kimber , no issue? 

one brand of electronics or are you mixing brands

Maybe a key question to ask is “At what point does brand synergy matter?”

For thecarpathian, who asked about my preamp:  I started with an RP-1 but later upgraded to the RP-7, with which I am VERY happy.  Sound quality is superb, using the solid state monobloc amps.  I had a tube power amp for a while, which sounded quite good, but the SS power amps made a major improvement to sound quality and staging.

@mike4597 ,

Thanks. I imagine a major upgrade difference between the two?

Did you also have the 5 or go straight to the 7?

@thecarpathian

I went straight to the RP-7 as I wanted the balanced outputs for the tube amp I had at the time.  My SS Odyssey monobolocs are RCA, but they sound so darned good I am sticking with them, and I am using one set of the XLR outputs for my two subs, which are about 8’ and 15’ from the preamp.  I am very pleased with the RP-7; I also hear that the RP-7 is amazing.  I don’t know the seven is still upgradable now that they are in V2 of both the 7 and the 9, but I will probably check with Rogue Audio on that.  Otherwise, at my stances age I think I am close to end state.  I may add another set of Fidelium ICs, although I don’t think they made near the dramatic change that the afidelium speaker cables made—a noticeable improvement, yes, but astounding like the Fidelium speaker cables, no.  My system has been built over the past four years, and upgrade to my 1980s and early 1990s system.