I had MA's with a Almarro A318B SET high current amp and it was a wonderful match.
Your receiver is more than likely the bottle neck in your system.
Putting a integrated tube amp will definitely improve on what you have.
My amp cooked a resistor and while I was waiting for my parts to fix it, I put a receiver of equal quality as your Pioneer in to get me by.
After one day I pulled it out of the system due to the disappointment in the sound I was hearing.
Once you try a tube amp in your system, it's very hard to go back to a receiver.
Just my thoughts in trying to help.
Have a nice day.
John
Your receiver is more than likely the bottle neck in your system.
Putting a integrated tube amp will definitely improve on what you have.
My amp cooked a resistor and while I was waiting for my parts to fix it, I put a receiver of equal quality as your Pioneer in to get me by.
After one day I pulled it out of the system due to the disappointment in the sound I was hearing.
Once you try a tube amp in your system, it's very hard to go back to a receiver.
Just my thoughts in trying to help.
Have a nice day.
John