[greglepore]

Agree on that. I use a shiit dac in my main system with an Adcom 555 ss amp or a Cary tube amp.

KC-if you're willing to deal with older, the 555 is a great deal for the $$'s. Its a Nelson Pass design, available used for 300-400 bucks, and is better than 200wpc or something crazy like 600 when bridged mono by flicking a switch. I've had carver gear since the 80's-first the m400, then a 1.0t and finally a couple different tfm amps. The Adcom sounds palpably better, more airy and transparent. Check out the old review by Stereophile online. I would caution that later versions of the same amp (555ii and others) no longer had Pass's engineering imput and aren't considered to sound as good.