looking for a warm ss amp....

I have also owned a CJ Sonographe SA400 and second the CJ amplifier recommendation... you can get an SA250 for less than the SA400, and more likely to find this model as well. B&K ST140 is famously warm, and you might also look into B&K M200 monoblocks or B&K EX4420 - neither of which I have heard, but come up in these "warm amplifier" threads sometimes. Classe? I have a Classe Seventy and I don't find it "warm" in the least, but rather highly-detailed and slightly etched. I haven't heard anyone yet describe the Classe house sound as warm. I use a B&K ST140 in its place, which fleshes out the sound much more, if giving up deep yardage to the Classe in the detail department.

You may just find that the brightness is coming from the Denon receiver.

Which Anthem... AMP 1? That's an EL34 tube amp, if I'm correct. Used price around $500-$550. Bryston, 3BST starting around $850, 4BST around $1250. Which gets us more to the point -- what's your price range?

A used Pass Aleph 3 or Aleph 5 would do nicely here. Reliable and very good sound.

Classe, Pass Aleph WARM??? Christ, maybe after ear-wax build up. Check on Monarchy 70 pro or 100se delux monoblocks class A amps.

I'd also say that class A is the warmest amp especially if you need extra heat.:-)

Go for a used MCORMACK AMP...THERES A dna 1.0 DELUXE on audiogon now for 800.00...