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Worth Upgrading Marantz 1504 AV Receiver with Power Amp?

Hi guys, my speakers are Silverline SR-17 and I was thinking about connecting the pre outs of my Marantz AV receiver to a power amp for improved sound quality.

I would like to stay under 1K and am open to used gear such as the Parasound A23 and other Class AB amps. With my budget and gear, will I get much of a bump in sound quality compared to the amp in my AV receiver? I stream Tidal through a chromecast using optical out.      
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mb1audio - thanks for the listings. A lot of older power amps but I don't think Class A/AB has advanced much in the 21st Century. 

Paraneer - I thought of an integrated amp, but I need the bass management that the AVR provides because I have the speakers too close to the wall so high passing them and using a small sub helps quite a bit. The Halo Integrated would be perfect, but I'm a bit frugal. ;-) 
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