Try a Pass XA-30.5. It's an over achiever and bettered our X-250.5 everywhere except percussive base. We used ours until we purchased our pair of XA-200.5's.
An XA-30.5 can be purchased used inexpensively and resold for little if any loss. You can always set up the Pass XA amplifier model line and get improvements with each higher model.
For a pre-amplifier, I used an Audio Research Ref 5 SE. Pricey yes but worth it. Only sold it because we went all digital and no longer needed a pre-amp.
An XA-30.5 can be purchased used inexpensively and resold for little if any loss. You can always set up the Pass XA amplifier model line and get improvements with each higher model.
For a pre-amplifier, I used an Audio Research Ref 5 SE. Pricey yes but worth it. Only sold it because we went all digital and no longer needed a pre-amp.