cheers Timpy, but arrived a bit too late I'm afraid- i picked them up today (from Nottingham- as Tone says, you gotta travel

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Chappy there was using a Linn Karik cdp (which astonished me in having a really nice detailed sound, but the mechanism was awfully clunky). I took my Plinius amp along but was shocked to see the vendor using Black Rhodium Violets ( i can just about stand these on my tv!!) and Black Rhodium S130biwire speaker cable (not really in the Kingston's league). So in other words they were up against it.
Oh, and the room was very tall, with air bed sofas

, 4 QUAD hifi pictures, no curtains, thin carpet and no other furnishings apart from a solid coffee table. And there was a heck of an echo, and the speakers had alcoves around them. So, yet again, they were up against it.
They sounded OK. Quite smooth, inoffensive. Nothing was really lacking apart from a clearly defined sub 50hz bass. Imaging was a bit scrappy. Grieg's Piano Concerto no.1 sounded heavenly with detail i've never heard before but pop sounded unremarkable.
The vendor made it clear he'd just moved into this property and that was the first time he'd listened to the Kingstons like that (hes running old Naim floorstanders as stop-gaps). He wasn't bowled over by their performance either which is encouraging. He was clearly a fan though, having had the Sl600s (THEY DO DO BASS but it has to be one heck of an amp!!!) the Sl700s then finally these.
They are still in the car, and will be unwrapped tomorrow. Lets hope they sound better in my room
