Musical SS Amp Under $350 w/ Adcom GFP 565 Pre Amp

Maybe trade the pre and power amp in for tubes? A tube integrated might work. I think you should take Rich's comments seriously. Make sure you are upgrading for a reason. B&K or Acurus have some amps in that price range that are somewhat musical. You might also investigate making the jump to a better $1k used integrated amp. The Krell 300i would be 'more forgiving' than you adcom stack, based on the adcom I've heard.

Aaron

Agree with Marakanetz. On E-bay Nikko is often found very resaonably. And they (were) are excellent amps.

Are you talking about the Nikko amps from the '80s? I could never afford one, but I always wondered what they sounded like.

Gunbei,
Firstly I used Nikko Alpha 125Wpc for bottom end.
Then I tried them just by themselves. The sound was much larger than this thing costs used and yes they're of 80's and produced no more.
I guess for the used price of Nikko you get a performance of near new Bryston as an example.

I believe i had the same one. it was Alpha 220, with led displays and if i can remember plug for headphones? I regret selling it.