This is all super helpful - thank you for being patient with the novice. I am reading and learning voraciously! Can't wait for the amp to get here. Just starting from scratch, I also bought speakers today - Totem Sttaf. Impedance for this speaker says 8 ohms in literature, and Cronus can be set for 4 or 8 ohms (according to that literature). I'm assuming that's what I set it for - 8 ohms? Would it matter (dumb question, I'm sure)? Also if you have a good speaker cable suggestion for this combination, I'd be much obliged (not really wanting to spend much more than $200).