Big +1 to bcgator’s comments. Suggest you read his post again to help you achieve what you are looking for
Your MA’s are very nice speakers but hardly accurate and a new integrated, especially one 2 to 3 times more expensive, isn’t going to change they way they sound. It will just result in having way too much amp for the speakers you have and an unbalanced system.
No other component will determine the way a system sounds than speakers. And the room they are in. And it sounds like these may not be the speakers for you.
Was the audition with the Accuphase in your listening room or his?
Your MA’s are very nice speakers but hardly accurate and a new integrated, especially one 2 to 3 times more expensive, isn’t going to change they way they sound. It will just result in having way too much amp for the speakers you have and an unbalanced system.
No other component will determine the way a system sounds than speakers. And the room they are in. And it sounds like these may not be the speakers for you.
Was the audition with the Accuphase in your listening room or his?