Best Amp for Timbre, Depth and Spatial Resolution?


I have an Ayre CD player, BADA Alpha DAC, deHavilland Mercury pre-amp, CJ MF-2500A amp and N802 - am looking to upgrade amp.
Would like to hear views on Best Amp for Timbre, Depth and Spatial Resolution.
Not married to tube or SS..
Always wonder about Stereophile recommended components such as Aesthetix Atlas, Parasound JC-1, CJ LP-125 and the likes. I would pay about $5k on Agon so there are some limitations.
Thanks.
johnmc67

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Jburidan,
I like that catagory of amplifiers also but you`ll only realize their exquisite potential with the proper speaker match.A push-pull 300b amp(in the power range needed) provides more flexibility in speaker selection while meeting the OP`s sonic criteria.
Bo1972 is very open and straightforward as to who he is and what he sells. He makes it crystal clear he is a dealer and has many clients.He's expressing his opinions and experiences with various brands, what is wrong with that? People can take his comments for what you think they're worth. I certainly don't get the impression he's here hunting for more business.
Paul,
You're doing just fine with your thoughtful and interesting post, please contribute more. We all have our specific priorities and hierarchy of what's important to achieve in an audio system. I same as you place a very high importance of preserving tone, timbre and harmonics/overtones as realistic as I can accomplish.
Charles,
Hi Paraneer,
Every opinion expressed on an open forum such as this one is subjective
and based on each participant's listening experiences. I just assumed this
was a given and all comments are taken with a grain (or two) of salt.
There's nothing out of order with Bo1972 giving his view of B&W speakers
or any product. We're free to disagree and offer counter opinions. The
crossovers of those speakers could be crap to one person and considered
state of the art by someone else, pure and expected subjectivity. Why would
people be so offended and insulted with that? If you're happy with
something why be upset if others are critical of it? Bo1972 adores Pass Lab

amplifiers. I know people who don't care for them very much, Im sure that
wouldn't cause Bo to alter his opinion of those amps. Every single brand or
component has its group of fans and critics.
My goodness fellas! Why not just skip Bo's posts if they really bother you to this extent. He's hardly the first or last person to have passionate opinions on this site. Censorship? Really?
Wolf wrote, "I think this discussion is going very well." Yes and keep it up.