Unorthodox speaker placement but I've got the ports in the back sealed so it's not too bad. Fairly nearfield as I'm only about 8' away. Sounds pretty good though, I want to add a remote SVS sub.
Absolutely nothing special for power, cables or connectors (yet).
@linnie01 Thanks, the baby Parasound Z series is really the star of the show. They punch WAY higher than the SVS Ultras or even the irDac (which is dated but still an awesome Burr Brown dac).
It is about as simple as you can get, the Arcam has a powered usb port specifically for IOS devices....so I keep my older iPhone plugged in via a standard lightning cable and I access Qobuz, Spotify etc. all day long.