step up from rotel?

My budget is $1000 or so, my room isn't really a factor because I am renting and will be moving in April. If all goes well my new place will have a dedicated listening room, maybe 18x 12 just not sure but I am looking for a place with that in mind. I am really not a audiophile and more of a music lover. With that in mind how should my rotel be sounding, what should I hear? Maybe that's a silly question. Thanks for all the info.Scott

What is a ice amp?

My source is rotel 991 my pre is juicy music peach, my speakers are dyi , they have LPG drivers they were bought from audiogon and the staff picked them so I have high hopes for them but havn't received them yet. Thanks,Scott

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

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

What speakers are you using

The bad part was I broke my tooth on a frozen tootsy roll!!! My son said here dad try this! Lol

Ok spent some time listening, what I want my amp to do is have more authority, more weight. The rotel sounds good but the music seems to kinda float sometimes. Probably not good analogies? Not slam but more control and heft. Does this make sense? Thanks,Scott