Amp upgrade from Ayre V-5xe

i have heard the be
they are quite good
even pushed by a SOTA very highly modified Eico 18 wpc integrated....system synergy and tge room count for a lot...

you really should consider Aesthetix....not very obscure for those in the know.......Jim is a pretty talented guy, his stereo sig amp made my final three cut. Tube front end, mule kick back end.....at least listen....

((((You may be totally right on Ayre JohnnyR, but for the speakers, have you heard them?)))
 I like your speakers and think Revels are as good as any conventional out there. I'm just trying for you to see the logic in design matching all the way through with Ayre that you already 2/3 own
 I also love Aesthetix gear as Tomic does above great zero feedback Hybrid amp but I would match it with an Aesthetix Preamp for its best operation.
 Matching all the way through gain drive tonal balance etc IME gets you through as a solution with Electronics/Speakers working together.
  Your Ayre QX5/20 Dac, K1 Pre and a pre-owned VX 5/20 with your speakers will be on another level than with your current amp in the areas of drive, textures, and palpability.
What most here may not be aware of that making a change for the sake of change once the excitement wears off compared to even what you have
now may be a loss in a specific area smearing where magic was once before.
 Best
JohnnyR
 
  

+1 to caphill's suggestion on Classe..  I own the CA2200 and if you don't need the 300 watts the CA2300 puts out the CA2200's 200 watt sounds better.. I believe it runs up to 40 watts in class A before it goes class A/B.. The CA2300, even though has more watts is biased up to 20 watts in class A ..  

OP here... I owe you guys an update.

I went with Ayre VX-5 Twenty. I should get it in a few days.

thanks all for your help and advice 

Congratulations.  I believe this purchase will achieve the upgrade you desired.  Enjoy mine everyday.
Rick