Okay, so my dealer gave a very honest account of what was wrong with the Roksan Caspian M2 amplifier. By his account it is an older spec model without a modded circuit board to prevent the fuses from blowing, so it is back with Roksan having a new PCB fitted and a service. So on that basis I have had his demo unit on loan since Friday, running in to PMC TwentyFive 22's. Sources are a Chord DAC 2Qute and a Minix Neo Z83 Pro fanless, solid state PC running Logitech Media Server and Squeezelite, all cobtrolled via my iPad. Music is stored on my NAS as FLAC.
PMC, Roksan and Chord are a lovely combination, so if you are in the market for a system at the £5K to £6K mark then they should all be on your audition list. FWIW I have gone ex-demo speakers, dealer secondhand amp, and new DAC, snagging the lot for £3850 (£1100 of which was PX) without really haggling... The Chord 2Qute is great in this combination, which comes as something of a surprise as I don't usually like Chord DAC's...
The Minix Neo Z83 Pro fanless solid state PC is a real steal. £179 from Amazon for a PC running Wndows 10 Pro. I can now install Dirac Live DSP on this second system, which is fantastic news.
This setup delivers everything I hoped the KEF LS50W's would deliver but sadly didn't. Then again it bloody well should deliver at over twice the price of the KEF's!