Thanks Mark. The Voice of reason, and you're right, a fine mess I got myself into. However since I think that this arguement is unwinable by word alone I had to grasp the stinging nettle.
It was only ever going to be Floor standing speakers anyway. To be honest I do look forward to it, as the money for this project comes from the fund for the Zanden CDP. I had another encounter with this machine recently and it is quiet boring on second hearing and too safe for me. Great player though. I just have to solve the quality issue. If I do something I want to do it well, and it needs to be of a certain standard to compete with the 2CH. Otherwise it would be a pointless exercise, which after all is what it is. This is not my journey into conversion to MC. I want to have proof that MC is better than 2CH. And reading Jims posts he makes a lot of sense and puts into words what my reservations are.
But if this will open the doors to my musical horizion being widened so much the better. I am not adversed to Classical just have never started down that road in any great steps. I own about 150 LPs of Classical recordings. So I'll have a starting point.
It's an interesting thread and I will see it through.

Peace

Bernd