ARCAM compared to Krell

You may want to consider Sherbourne, Outlaw, ATI or Gemstone for very powerful amps that will not break the bank.

No one says that a powerfull amp needs to cost as much as a Krell or that you need to go to monoblocks to get more than 125W. The above are know as good values and the Outlaw and Gemstone have free demo's (plus shipping though). In particular the gemstone has some good word of mouth.

If you want power and quality with warmth and a step up from the Arcams do check out Cary amps. Their ss multi channel amps are killers.

I'll also second the Plinius and BAT. Haven't heard the Sim.

If you like the way your Arcam amp sounds, have you considered upgrading to their P1 monoblocks? At 175wpc and with a dedicated power supply for each channel, they would very likely provide all the grunt needed to drive your HTM1 and 802's with power to spare...

JZ

Thank you all.

I changed my system to the T+A stuff. I got the ARCAM at first. T+A is amazing stuff