My opinion would be that the amp is not the problem, I would place the blame at the pre-amp. Pick up a very good dedicated two channel pre-amp with hometheater pass-through and use it when you listen to two-channel music.
The high-end pre-pro's are pretty good as music pre-amps and are a good step above mid-fi pre-pro's...but, IMO... pretty good is far from very good.
I'm not saying that an amp upgrade is not a benefit...just saying that I would start at the pre-amp.
Dave
The high-end pre-pro's are pretty good as music pre-amps and are a good step above mid-fi pre-pro's...but, IMO... pretty good is far from very good.
I'm not saying that an amp upgrade is not a benefit...just saying that I would start at the pre-amp.
Dave