SamS,
thank you for the response & opinion to my post. lt's been hard recently, to get people to comment on 'speaker cable, due to the strong views for & against the use of "specialist" cable. l know the try before you buy method is beneficial, but surely one of the key objectives of this type of forum is to share experiences of different products.
l have had the same problems as you, in that l've used QED & Chord cables that are lively. l know this is compounded by the MA's. However, l like the slighly upfront sound that they produce.
Anyway, not sure if a could afford/jusify spending £25 per metre. The mid price equator is something like £7.50 per metre; have you heard this?