The Onkyo A-9555 is sounding better with a speaker cable change. It does not have 5 way binding posts so I could not use the AntiCables. The spades will just not work only bare wire and bananas. I had been using some older stranded bi-wire cables but the sound was fuzzy. Even though a solder joint on one banana of the AQ Slates failed I decided to use them any way. 7 of the bananas are in use the one bare wire was tightened down by the binding posts.

The sound is more focused. The stranded cables made everything sound warm and wooly. I am feeling better about the Onkyo but it is still not the S-300i. Oh well it is more listenable in the mean time.