I highly recommend you try the 30-day, in-home demo of the Stellar Gain Cell DAC/preamp and S300 stereo amp, or their M700 monoblocks, from PS Audio. I recently purchased their GCD/M700 package, and, with a trade-in for my DAC, I paid less than $3000 for the entire package. This is, by far, one of the best deals ever and the sound with my Thiels is far improved over what I’ve heard, having previously owned preamps and amps, both integrated and separates, from Krell, Conrad Johnson, Musical Fidelity, Manley Labs, NAD, Parasound and Bryston.
Others will have different suggestions, of course.
Others will have different suggestions, of course.