Anybody have some experience with Bedini amps?

Yes, the news is that Bedini is gone....the website is still up, but no one has answered a phone in months, and no response to emails.

It's rather unfortunate, because you see Bedinis for sale on ebay or here, but you'll no longer be able to get them factory serviced. Local techs won't be able to get the matching capacitors needed for these amps, so we're screwed.

I, too, use a Bedini 803. Had it redone, so will probably not ever sell. Bedinis do work well with Shahinians, as do other amps with as much current, like the Plinius you mention--also Dynavectors. I've never compared a Plinius, so can't answer that. I've never liked the look of the Plinius gear, it would have to sound marvelous for me to budge.

Kimber is nice and loyal, but you can do better.
What preamp do you use?

I had different Jeff Rowlands (Consonance, Consummate, Synergy II), ARC (SP10 and recently a nice LS-5 MkIII), Klyne 7 LX/P 3.5.3, etc in the past, and in the next days i will get a Klyne 7LX/P 5.0 B.

Why should be the capacitors a problem to get them?
What speaker cables can you recommend to try?

It's getting very difficult to find capacitors that match perfectly, you'll need four.

You might try Mogami, DNM, Totem.

Yes, i do have the newest, thicker DNM speaker cable. They were the first. Maybe i will try them once again just for the mids/highs. (I think, we talked about it on the yahoo Shahinian forum and in private mails.)

Oh, that's right, hello again! Hey, if you prefer the 8tc that's fine. I just thought the DNM to be much cleaner sounding. Have you a chance to try Auditorium from Germany? or one Diapason user also suggested LAT, which I've never experienced.