Thanks to everyone for their encouraging feedback. I am really looking forward to listening to the REF 5SE with my standard testing repertoire especially now that I have my W4S DAC-2v2SE with ESS 9038PRO chip. The DAC-2 DSDse to DAC-2v2SE was a considerable upgrade.
After the pre-amp replacement, I'll probably look to upgrading my turntable. I still have an original Rega Planar 2 albeit modified, it is still an original Planar 2. 
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Digital W4S DAC-2v2SE, W4S Recovery powered by Uptone Audio LPS-1, OPPO BDP-105; Office: iFi micro iDAC2 Home Office: iFi nano iDSD with iPurifier2
Analog Rega Planar 2 (original) heavily modified; Benz Micro Ace; Aesthetix Rhea phono pre-amp
Pre-amp/amp Audio Research REF 5SE, Audio Research REF 150, Martin Logan SL3s, Shunyata Research power cords throughout
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