From my short stint into the high end realm (my trip finished quickly when the money ran out) I realized that there are many performance factors which weigh in ahead of an amp's importance. The bottleneck in most systems will not be the amplification. Not to say spend a few hundred bucks only and you've got it made.

You ended up just fine where you spent your money IMO. Enjoy your new amp and CD player (I used to own the CD6004 and it was great.) smile