Don't forget some decent speaker cable - opinions are divided on this
group but it does make a difference. Audio Innovations Silver Bi-wire at
£5/metre is good, or if you can run to it Chord Rumour 4 at £20/metre.
I've used both, had the AI stuff originally and upgraded to the Rumour 4
when I got the Arcam AVR250 amp.

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Lots of snips.....

Remember when I bought my Quad ESL63s many moons ago, at the height of the
comics cable controversy.

Mr Walker gave his opinion: "The most important matter when considering
speaker cable is that they should be long enough to reach between the
amplifier and the speakers".

I'm not really a great fan of Quad products through bitter experience,
particularly of their legendary service department, but I do like some of
their definitions - a good amp being "straight wire plus gain".

Oh - and that bit about "all properly designed amplifiers when used within
their operating limits will sound the same" - er, why was the 405 power amp
replaced by the 405/2, with not much in common apart from the cabinet?

GMack