well Klaus dropped by with a handfull of power cables, and did a check on the amps. All is perfect (as I suspected). Speakers have really opened up now, and the bass is much smoother, but with control to die for. Redbook CD's sound as good as sacd's did with the old setup (figure that one out), and analog is to die for.
Klaus and I have a couple more irons in the fire, and looks like he's gonna be building at lest one pair of monitors (with matching wood of course). In the end I see him building three pairs (my kid wants a pair along with some new amps)
gary