Hi, Titian, I confess I thought several times before putting the post here. As you say, it is an essentially musical post, but then, as most folk on ZG are turned off by the very mention of the word "classical", nobody much would read it. Which would be a pity as the general ZeroGain community should, I think, hear about a truly outstanding system and how it can strut its stuff. You have combined a collection of very different and very unusual elements into a wonderfully homogeneous whole. It's a masterful example of how we shouldn't buy only by brand but be prepared to use our ears. It helps of course to know what you're looking for - you wanted to reproduce a concert hall (as did GrahamN), and you both went about it in completely different ways and achieved your goals.