In your particular case, I doubt changing amps will make any difference in sound quality. Anthem amps are high current, quality products.
A question for you ... you do not have a DSP for your 1100's?
Yes, I have the most current DSP2 and use XLR interconnects.
Your comment does make sense to me and probably mimics my experience. In my youth I had owned several receivers that didn't really sound all that great. Eventually I bought myself a Nakamchi AV1 and the sound from it was simply wonderful. The unit was built like a brick s-house and blew away everything that I have had before it, and pretty much any receiver I have had since. When I bought my first set of Axioms the Nak made them sing, but a more modern 2013 Pioneer Elite, even though it is supposed to be more than capable still sounded rather thin and lacking.
There is this hardened belief out there, probably driven by the amount of junk that is made claiming to be high current but really is not, that you need monster amps to get good sound from any speaker. I was wanting to get the answer from a reliable source.
