I just received my v2 and immediately hooked it up. Of course, everything was cold from all the unplugging but the system has been playing now for about 45 minutes and there is already a huge improvement over the v1, just as everyone has said. It was pretty expensive even after the trade in credit, but its the kind of improvement I'd attribute to an upgrade like a new and way better preamp. Can't wait for it to really break in! Thanks for everyone's help and advise with this.