Pro1000 with TAD CR-1?

[sam1000]

So Finally I got my TAD CR-1s setup with Pro1000 about a week ago. Along with the new speakers, I also made couple of other changes.
1. Speaker cable - Transparent Audio Ref XL (Thanks Guillaume!)
2. Devialet link cable - Audience SX

I had already sold my previous speakers (Pioneer S1-ex) and I was without decent speakers for couple of months. When I listened to the speakers on day one, my heart just sank. The sound was very bright. I know my previous speakers were a little darker but I could not imagine CR-1s would have been so bright. The other issue was that the Right speaker was more prevalent than the Left one. At that time, I only had one TA cable, so I attributed this level difference to speaker cables. After listening to this setup for an hour or so, my excitement about the system completely vanished and buyers remorse set in. Then I thought about changing the level using Devlalet remote to compensate for speaker level discrepancy. Since the remotes were lying around and we had couple of large gatherings in last month or so, I guess someone played with the Devialet remote controls :-) The speaker levels were off and treble was +13. Wow.....

Since then, I have received my second TA cable. Now the problem is, I cannot switch the system off :-) It's freaking addictive. Compared to my previous speakers, there's more body to the instruments but I get more details on the on the higher frequencies, which is a little odd because both speakers use the same Beryllium tweeters.  Piano sounds even more real with the overhang and the base is very authoritative. I don't know how these small speakers with one woofer can do that. My previous speakers had 2 woofers. I smile ear to ear when I listen to music now. Having said that, I still feel S1-EX is still a great bargain in audio.

Here's a picture of my system. I still need to work on cable management. But for now, I'm just going to enjoy the system before making any big change to the system. May be after some time, I can build a NUC based endpoint, but for now, Oppo 203 with Mutec gear is serving me quite well.

Thanks everyone for providing me feedback when I was thinking about buying CR-1s to go with Devialet. Here's a quick picture of my system using a phone camera.