Experience with Quad ESL63's

I finally tracked down a pair of Quad ESL63's (through ebay!), and managed to get them set up yesterday. First impressions are extremely favourable - they are a gigantic leap forward from my Ruark Templars in the treble and mid-range - there is a palpable sense of reality to the music, in the timbre and realism of instruments, in the response to transients and the decay of notes, and also in the soundstaging. It all adds up to a lot of music, not hifi, and for the price I paid, even with air freight from Europe to Singapore included, they are a bargain. (Rather better, I think, than new Martin Logans, which would have cost nearly twice as much). Quad recommends amplifiers with output between 50 - 100 watts - well, my Pathos at 35 watts seems to be handling the load without any stress.

The one area of concern I have is the bass - there is more than I had expected, but it could be described as boomy (which I understand is not uncommon). What stands are available, and do they work - I have read mixed reports on Arcici's for example. Would a custom pair of Mana soundbases do the trick - they certainly had a dramatic effect on my Ruarks, and I'm tempted to try, but would appreciate any help from those who have experience with these speakers about how to deal with this.

Many thanks

David