I hope you're in an area where you can audition lots of amps. What Charlie123 says about Bryston is definitely true, but Adcom has not stood still since the GFA-555. Their new MOSFet amps are far faster, more transparent, liquid, linear, sweeter, and dynamic than their old bipolar amps. I have a GFA-7700 multichannel amp from 2005. It's a budget multichannel amp and has already been discontinued, yet it's worlds better than what Adcom was making in the mid'80s.
There are lots of good amps now and at a wide price ranges. The budget high-end amps are better than ever before. I'm using an Onkyo A-9555 in my 2-channel music-only system, and it's worlds better than what you could get for $2K just a few years ago, yet I got it new w/warranty for $484. Another brand to consider at the budget-to-mid-level high end is Parasound.
And the better amps, like Bryston, Classe, Ayre, and then on up to VTL and the like, are simply stupendous.
There are lots of good amps now and at a wide price ranges. The budget high-end amps are better than ever before. I'm using an Onkyo A-9555 in my 2-channel music-only system, and it's worlds better than what you could get for $2K just a few years ago, yet I got it new w/warranty for $484. Another brand to consider at the budget-to-mid-level high end is Parasound.
And the better amps, like Bryston, Classe, Ayre, and then on up to VTL and the like, are simply stupendous.