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Most "Musical" sounding speaker cable under $1000
Under $800 I recommend a pair of used Analysis Plus Solo Crystal Oval 8. These are 8 gauge single crystal hollow copper cable. Strong bass. Lots of details. Not bright. Not warm. That's "musical" in my opinion. 
Pass Labs XA200.5 Amp
Reno Hifi is great. The guy there will talk to you as long as you want and give you so much useful info. 
dacs as preamps ?
Depends on the voltage and output impedance of your DAC. If you use something like the MSB Platinum, which can output 7.5V rms into 50 Ohms and your amp has sensitivity of 1.5V or less and 45K ohm or higher, then it should not sound lean. In fact,... 
Nad M3? Need amp for Vandersteen 3 $3,000 budget
I used to have the Vandersteen 3A's. I used 4 monoblocks to drive them. Two per speaker, one for lows one for highs. The ones I used were the SM-70. It was most amazing sound to me. You should be able to get 4 of them for $3K. They sell direct: ww...