Power amp upgrades for Mirage, M3si speakers


Hello forum members, I am the happy owner of a pair of M3si's. I use them mostly for music and some home theatre. I would like to upgrade my power amp (currently Acurus 200w/ch) and possibly my cables (Audioquest Crystal biwired). I was hoping you could share some opinions, comments, and/or insights that might help guide me. My preamp is an Acurus Act3 upgrading to an almost Aragon Stage One, Toshiba SD 9200 DVD-A possibly replaced by the Denon 2900 universal player, Monster and Audioquest interconnects.
Based on my research, 200+ WPC power amps candidates are Aragon 8008 MkII, McCormick DNA 225 (some, although maybe unfounded, concern about all the UPGRADES??), Conrad Johnson MF2500A. I was advised to also consider EAD Powermaster multichannel. I like my music laid back not too forward, huge soundstage, all genres but mostly jazz, classical, soft rock, blues, R&B, etc.
I am willing to buy (~$2,200. budget) good condition pre-owned equipment.

Thanks in advance.
awegr8

Showing 1 response by polara

odyssey mono blocks-buy the used pair available here and send to klaus for the extreme upgrade-bumps power to 300 wpc @8ohm and these things are smooth , clean, clear and strong(bass), will handle hard load speakers no problem.
you also get the rest of the warranty,if you have some time call klaus and ask him some questions, he is a great guy and will be honest with his comments.