I suspect quantitative analysis of recordings of the system will be inconclusive at best do to difficulty of assuring all parameters that went into the recording. But ya never know...
I'm willing to bet the new MF amp will do much better. IF dynamics and bass is what OP is missing when listening, as best I can tell that amp should do it from what I read, and I would expect OP to hear better results in those regards and overall.
Although specs or bench measurements into 4 ohms would be re-assuring, advertised current delivery capability and verbal claim in MF literature to be able to drive more challenging speaker loads sounds promising.
I had MF A3CR amp prior to current BEl Canto Ref1000ms. They seemed up to the task of handling my larger more difficult load speakers, OHM 5 series 3s. These are a challenge but possibly not as much so as the OPs PSBs from what I read. THe OPs new trial amps would appear to be significantly beefier than the A3CR on paper in regards to both power output and current delivery, a good omen.
We'll see....
I'm willing to bet the new MF amp will do much better. IF dynamics and bass is what OP is missing when listening, as best I can tell that amp should do it from what I read, and I would expect OP to hear better results in those regards and overall.
Although specs or bench measurements into 4 ohms would be re-assuring, advertised current delivery capability and verbal claim in MF literature to be able to drive more challenging speaker loads sounds promising.
I had MF A3CR amp prior to current BEl Canto Ref1000ms. They seemed up to the task of handling my larger more difficult load speakers, OHM 5 series 3s. These are a challenge but possibly not as much so as the OPs PSBs from what I read. THe OPs new trial amps would appear to be significantly beefier than the A3CR on paper in regards to both power output and current delivery, a good omen.
We'll see....