I told Paul about the shutdown, he's never seen it before. Nonetheless, the overall sonic picture didn't change from any of the prior four auditions with 4000SV, though this time I honed in on the actual problems. I also wanted to compare the 4000SV vs the Vivaldi, so next time I'll play analog. But the 4000SV never sounded euphonic in here, so the sources are not the real source of the problem. As I said, the problems are from the amps downstream.
Did you look at the settings of the MIT cables? To get this back on topic, do you think those network box settings affect dynamics and bass response? What has been your experience? I always thought of them more as affecting tone, frequency balance and character, and some spatial effects/manipulation. Are you preferring the lower or higher settings these days?