Int. Amp Recommendation


Hi, I moved to an apartment and now space is an issue, I will move from lousy separates, if the can be called separates (Power: Carver AV405 Pre: Denon 3803), please don´t laugh...

Option One (Cheap Separates)
Rotel RC-1070 Pre
Rotel RB-1070 Power

Option Two
Musical Fidelity X-150
Musical Fidelity A300
Krell KAV 300i
Classe CAP-150
Arcam FMJ A22

Please only SS recommendations and with remote as you can see budget is below 1,000.
Associated gear is Signal Cable II IC's, Music Hall CD25 CDP and JBL L150A speakers.

Thanks in advance.
foxtrot

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One more question, do you think that these int. amp that I've mentioned are allround better than the Rotel separates I initially posted ?
Thanks for the replies so far.
As for tubes, I already have a Consonance M99 Integrated with remote and that's enough for the moment.

What are the main differences between the Musical Fidelity X-150 and A300 ?
Thanks for the recommendations so far, but I'm looking and something with at least 100 wpc, those big JBL's need power.

Any word on my list above ?

Tks.
I´m shortening the list to the Musical Fidelity's and the Krell, comments please.
Timf,

My amp is a 5 channel AV amp and I have three channels that I've never used and I know that it's not among Carver's good amp list, I know I can get better sound with a new amp

My pre is not really a pre, it's a Denon receiver and although it has something which is called Pure Direect mode which shuts down the video and digital circuits I also think I can do better with a dedicated 2 channel pre or an intagrated in this case.

I really think that most any of the options I mentioned in my initial post will be a substantial improvement over the Carver/Denon combo, the speakers are keepers and when I do upgrade they will stay for a second system.

Plese let me know about the differences of the two MF's I mention.

Thanks.

My gear is now in the living room and it does sound much better than the previous one, specially in the imaging department.