Thanks for the advice

I think the version I heard was the basic version (I remember Kevin telling me at the start of the demo it was £1900 and he never mentioned any mods). I actually went to audition a Sugden Masterclass CD player and he used the Canary with some OBX's. To say i was impressed would be an understatement. I'd never heard a valve amp before and had never heard of Living Voice speakers either. I bought the Sugden (later upgraded to a Wadia) and then went straight home and sold my Ruark Solstice speakers and MF and Rotel amps and eventually bought a pair of standard Avatars and some Audion 300B monoblocs from Nick at the emporium. Later added an EAR 864 preamp as well - those were the days

Sadly all that has gone now, though I'm 2/3 of the way to a nice new system - Wadia 6i bought from wadiameister and Revel M22 speakers. I'm really looking for a higher powered valve amp with balanced inputs if possible. I'd love an EAR 534 power amp but just can't fiind one unless I pay rrp which I definitely wont. Do you have any other valve recommendations which have decent power (40-50w minimum) and preferably balanced inputs. Budget upto £1500.