Which amp?

Here is the story, about 2 months ago I got a bug up my butt and decided to sell all of my crappy gear on Ebay and add a little extra scratch in and find better used stuff. I went in thinking "just replace the stuff with better names and I will be satisfied" WRONG! Now I am getting caught up and think that I could do alot better without breaking the bank. I bought a Adcom GFA 535 and a Marantz AV600 thinking they would sound better that the Sony integrated amp that I sold on Ebay, they did, but not good enough. So I am looking for a better budget oriented good sounding amp.

The two amps I have had my eye on are the Parasound HCA 1200 and the Acurus A-200. I don't want to make any more totally irrational decisions again, so please stop me if I am about to. If there are any other amps for around $350 that are comparable or better please let me know. I would love to go higher end, but I am already tying to explain to my wife why I need new gear anyway. Oh well, thanks in advance, Jason.