Sounds like the BBCs big Maida Vale studio.. Awesome.

And I do subscribe to the hifi vs. music debate, though the frantic affirmations or pooh-poohing could all be a question of semantics..

For me, if something sounds "hifi" it reminds me of that horrible "boom'n'tizz" Mission-type sound of the 80s. It doesn't draw you into the music as a whole, just some of the highlighted bits. Kit shouldn't sound like that if it has pretensions to high fidelity, and maybe it doesn't - only to my (quite small) ears..

Oh, and money no object? I'd stick another big Bryston and another pair of Ditton 66/2s wired Hafler-wise on the pre-amp..

And spend the rest on motorbikes, and cake.