Upgrading integrated amp from SET integrated?

Sounds like all you are missing is a pair of Druid Mk4 speakers 101db. -Perfect match with the 845.and can be put close to a wall.

For front end if you must change - great bluebook: Nad M55 dvd/audio/video/sacd/cd

And all under 5K

i would suggest the folling integrateds and speakers...all work well in any combination. IA....cyrus 6, revox ellegance, creek 5250,......SPEAKERS...proac studio 100, gradient prelude, totem one, and yes if you can find them the sonus faber

It's a damn shame that Joe Abrams doesn't make a version of his Portal Panache with a remote since so many people seem to want that. Otherwise I'd put that on your short list of amps. Definitely add the Unison Unico to that list which does have a beautiful remote and sound that reflects that beauty. Or for a real change, go with an all-tube system since you like Jazz and Jazz vocals. In that case I might go with separates like Quicksilver Mini Mites with one of their preamps, or perhaps a Cary pre. I'm not familiar with your speakers or how they sound, so I don't know if what I might suggest would be a departure. I like Silverline monitors, specifically the SR17. There was a pair on the 'Gon recently with some minor cosmetic damage that was priced at an outright steal. Don't know if they're still up. Another speaker that intrigues me in the same vein, though I can't say I've heard a pair, is the Reference 3A DeCapo which has garnered universal acclaim.

Marco