Merlin,
I was thinking along those lines too, though I'll get torpedo'd from all sides here, I just don't like the LV stuff

No denying its good, just not my cup of tea, the bass has too much fruit, and isn't as tight as Mr rimshot shot likes.
IT just a personal thing, nothing more, the quality of the speaker is top notch, they do sound great with valves though.
Alan,
the big 3d image comes from seperate transformers nothing more, I even had a pair of rough and ready Arcams A32/p35 (actually not a bad combo)produce a sound stage that would embarass many a serious money amp.
I perfer amps serious balls that are dynamic and fast, and have iron grip on the bass.
Saab,
mains conditioning I feel is a must for a quality sound, and seperate spurs and consumer boxes are good also (Isolate from internal garbage from the rest of the house)
We built a test room with 3 mains sets ups, full 10mm T+E top quality mains unit (cryo'd) mcb's, switchless sockets, one with 6mm T+E good SCU, switchless sockets, and one using a basic 4 way box standard (good quality wiring) and switchless sockets again.
Which one do we use???? depends on your set up and kit
Some kit responds very well to conditioning other stuff has top quality regulated psu's and the difference isn't as great.
Depends on the type of conditioning/load per unit/where its power the whole system/and or just the source.
Best thing to do is arrange a home demo for at least a week, then take it out, see if you can tell a difference.
I've got an option on an X250 (for the bedroom system) going to try some a little different

Wm