agree with rar1...the creek plays way way over its price, so you must want to change something...maybe its not the amp? wait until you have firmed up the speaker choice, and given that some time.
Need advice about hi-end amp/pre-amp
I am considering going back to separates. Presently, I have a Creek SE5350 Classic integrated amp which is very good, but other members have suggested other IA like the Naim XS and Prima Luna Dialogue Two. However, I believe some separate combos may over a "discernible" improvement in sound. I know the tradeoffs of a good integrated versus separates. I may need to spend a lot of money to make a difference in performance over the Creek. I will probably shoot for good used pieces and to stretch my budget, considerng I will trade on sell the Creek. 100 RMS is enough power. The new setup will probably have Zen Acoustic's Adagio's. I currently have a new Rega Apollo player and a Rega P3-24 table with a Dynavector 10X5 which so far look like keepers. I will probably outboard the phono stage. In the past, and for 19 years, I owned the Aragon 4004MKII amp and the Conrad Johnson PV-8 pre-amp which was modified for lower noise. The sound of this combo was generally very very good,though somewhat bright and a tad edgy..... All advice and comments welcomed.