My amp is toast

This could be worth a look...

https://www.canuckaudiomart.com/details/649471125-clayton-audio-s100/

Look up some reviews if you're not familiar with  Clayton Audio.  Best of luck. 

stevea11757

Just get the  ML333 repaired whatever the cost, the only manufacturers that make them like this that can almost double the wattage for each halving of impedance loading down to 2ohms, are amps the likes of Gryphon, D'Aogostino, ect ect.

Cheers George 

i cannot imagine that you can't fix it for a few hundred $$.  Compare that to new amps!
When you say "went up in smoke" can you be a bit more detailed and precise?
To one earlier comment - even if its "only a resistor" the question is "why?" (which is certainly more than a resistor). Something failed or shorted.

It took the breaker on my furman out twice, the first time I was in another room and other than seeing that all the equipment on the power conditioner was out I did not hear or smell anything odd. While looking for a cause I did notice that the amp was slightly warmer than usual as it was on for a short period of time and I was not pushing it, rather it was on as background while I was working on a different project. Locating the popped breaker on the conditioner, I reset it, fired up the equipment a piece at a time and when I turned on the amp and took it out of standby there was a sound coming from it, not a pop of a cap but something else then a fair amount of smoke before it tripped the breaker.

After some research, I am hoping that something in the power end went, maybe a resistor or a power cap and some wire? As soon as I get it over to the shop I will get a better idea. Just put the Bedini in its stead, no where near the power but perfectly acceptable for the time being....

Fix

but an Aesthetix Atlas Signature Stereo would kick some A !!!!