Just wanted to take a moment and say thanks for all the posts, I have read and thought about every one of them.
Class A is intruiging but I am not wild about the heat generated in the summer. I have a closed off listening room and even with the Classe I get a fair amount of heat build up. I leave my SS gear on 24/7 and that is not a great idea with class A amps.
I do shop the pre owned market quite a bit. I have always wondered about the Rowland Class D amplifiers, but it seems like most of those are earlier generation Ice modules, and I wonder how they compare to the new Purfi or Hypex offerings.
I was reading a technical piece from the designer of the Purifi I believe, and his take on GanFet was quite interesting, in that the devices itself is not a game changer in terms of its relation to other output devices, but rather the circuit architecture matters more. Which leads me back to Purifi or Hypex. What seems to be the main variable is what is used for the input buffer, whether it be tube or certain kinds of high performance op amps. But on the other side of the coin folks seem to say good things about the Orchard Audio amps based on GAN Fet.
One other thought I had is the Odyssey amplifiers. I have heard Klaus pieces at a couple of shows and they always intrigued me. I also remember a few posts of early failures on amps, but that was a number of years back.
What I would like to stay away from is back breaking amps that take a huge amount of real estate in my system. Ideally I would like one I can house in my credenza.
The Classe leave in about 2 weeks. For an interim I can run a First Watt F7 till I find something that catches my eye.
I do appreciate all your thoughts and insights.