step up from rotel?

My rotel is a rb980 not 1080. So a belles 150 hot rod wouldn't be much of a upgrade? There was a ayre v3 for 1250 wouldn't that be a substantial upgrade? There are numerous tube amp for a 1000 or less

Different is not necessarily better.

Invest the grand in a money market to get it out of your hot little hands and wait for the new space.

nobody's pockets are deep enough to change gear THAT often. Or at least non that I actually know.

I don't follow, I was giving examples not saying I was going to buy all of those amps. As far as hot little hands I am still saving up and am researching at the moment. Is that clear?

I am taking your advice and waiting on my new space, but in the mean time just researching. The other reason I mentioed belles is I had a hot rod 150 at one time but didn't have this setup and can't recall how it was different from the rotel. To be quite honest I didn't think a power amp effected the sound as much as from what I have been reading. If I came off as being short in my above post forgive me had a emergency root canal this morning.Scott

I went from a Rotel RB990 BX to a Odyssey Stratos Plus.
The midrange improved and the high frequency lost all the hardness it had with the Rotel. So yes, the change was well worth it !