Dream Amps I Could Not Afford 20 Years Ago Now Undesirable

I have given this some thought myself. I do have a bryston amp and pre-amp that are about 20 years old, and they are good enough for me. For DACs, I presume their technology is advancing quickly like computers and the value equation favors the current models.

I cant see myself buying any linear amps of any sort since class D has become mainstream. I got an edge a2-300 from ebay for $250 and it sounds surprisingly good to me, so that is the technology I will explore when I upgrade.
Due to the natural progression of my career and children now adults, I do have the money for a lot of those dream items from the 90s that are to be had on ebay, but class D is where I am going forward.

I am also seeking to go with balanced from pre to amp, so that rules out a lot of old amps and pre-amps. My bryston bp 25 has this covered, but at some age of gear, balanced was not implemented at all.

Back in the day I had a threshold stasis amp that was pretty nice, but I sold it. I thought about getting another one, but those are pretty old now and I wonder if the power supply caps can be replaced with new and the solid state devices, and unbalanced, to gonna keep it in the fond memory location. 

@koh_i_noor   If you're a fan of class D and balanced I'd say Atma-sphere is right up your alley. I don't see how you could go wrong.

@rooze just curious.  what equipment were you running with that little krell?  I had one, and it was mind-blowing to me at the time.  just for sh*ts and giggles, i paid USD $2115 brand new.  

Green Acres: I have the impression that the atmasphere device is super nice, but I don't want to spend that much money, so I am keeping an eye out for something less expensive. Ralph sez he is working on an integrated amp--presumably a one chassis one power supply and less expensive. I am just keeping an eye on this product space for now.

@shtinkydog I ran it with a pair of QLN Signature speakers and later I picked up a used pair of Apogee Caliper Sigs that I bought from the same dealer.

The Krell had enough ‘on paper’ watts for the Calipers but couldn’t deliver enough current, so the sound was pretty lame. Course I didn’t know anything back then so I couldn’t figure out why it sounded so bad. Things were a little better with the QLNs but really not that much.

I’ve a vintage KSA 80 right now that sounds fantastic, I wish I had it back in the day.