myki, yup that's me. BTW, happy anniversary.
synchro, I still do have the 1.8s. I am more than happy with these speakers so I have no plans of changing them anytime soon. Rate them? Uhhhh 5 starts?
I'm actually also auditioning a pair of 1.1s right now. Sonic signature of the 1.1s are similar to the 1.8s. Of course not as good though. Looking at these bookshelves, they don't really look like mini-monitors, especially after seeing the depth of the box.
I'm currently using the Audience cables I got from The Archi Aud guys. I've heard the AP cables as well on a Contour S3.4 and they also kicked a*s. I fell in love with the Audience cable after auditioning them though. In my opinion, they are a bit on the analytical side, in an inconspicuous kind of way. Just the way I like my music (for now at least).