Power Amp recommendations

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LOL. Should've said "buying the amp that'll float your boat." Good point.

It is "fun" if you buy equipment that makes you enjoy the music and smile. It is definitely not "fun" buying equipment only to find that it doesn't work well at all in your system and you have to very shortly replace it with something else. I try not to be a member of the amp of the month club. this is why I will not buy without an in home audition of the equipment first. I realize that some of us are located very far away from dealers. But, it can't hurt to contact the manufacturer or dealer and request this type of consideration.

Also, forgive me, but if the Rotel has been fixed, then what is the problem? If it fails again, or sounds not quite right, then I would look for something else. But, if it is fixed, then it is fixed.

enjoy

Minorl makes a good point. If you have any local dealers, I would see what they have to offer. I lot of people complain about dealers, but most of the ones I know, are more than willing to bring equipment out to a customers house and set it up for a demo. If not that, they'll almost always let you "buy" a unit on display and keep it for a couple of days.

Thanks for your comments and sorry for the late response- I sort of lost touch with this thread. The Rotel has been fixed and is working- when I initially posted the question, I hadn't received back it, yet. My repair guy had told me, though, that if the problem happens again- and this was my third round of repair- that I'd need to return it to the manufacturer, so I posted my question about replacement. I'm a far cry from an "amp of the month" sort- I used the components I bought in 1982 up until the past few years, when I've upgraded piece by piece from a Luxman receiver, KEF speakers, and Denon turntable. Earlier this year, I replaced the Denon, which was the plast piece left unreplaced, with the Music Hall. At any rate, I began to consider the possibility of replacing my Rotel.

As of this writing, the Rotel is staying, but in the process, I did decide to upgrade the Marantz P7001 to a Parasound Halo P5. That should do me for quite a long time, if not for good. Unfortunately, though, I have no way of auditioning equipment- there are no dealers of quality equipment within a couple of hundred miles of me. I was having the same discussion with my service guy- it's unfortunate there is no efficient way to audition equipment anymore. I do have high expectations that I'll be very happy with the Parasound, though.

That P5 looks like a good preamp. It could be a sleeper.