Hello. Funny, I've never responded to a thread here, only bought and sold equipment. Don't forget some of the great tube integrated's available. I turned my best friend onto the Rogue Magnus integrated with KT120 tubes, plus phono pre! He has the KEF50 on stands. I know, more dollars, but that is a killer stopping point for an integrated. Btw, I owned the 300.2 with Proac speakers, and now Sonus Faber Liuto's. At first I loved the 300.2 but slowly it was missing something. Before that, I had some Quicksilver 8417 monos into an Audio Research sp6 (first real system for me). Now I am all audio research with a Ref 75 amp. Just saying, don't discount the modern tube designs. They are killer, more musical, and relatively easy.