Advice needed. Nice system poor sound

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Hannibal

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My system :

Rotel RCD970
Mark Levinson nr 38s
Mark Levinson nr 331 power Amp
B&W 802n Speakers

I have been happy with this sytem for 2 years or so until I tried a different pre amp and WOW i didnt know the Speakers were so fast and where did that detail come from also the BASS was big, taught and meaningfull.

The pre amp is an old Dynaco solid state.

I had the 38S checked out by the agents and they said it was perfect.

Since then I have had people say to me that the Power Amp is at Fault : only 100w you need 600W to drive the 802's - If this were true then howcome the Dynaco sounds so good?

The owner of the Dynaco is not keen to let go of it (I dont blame him) which leaves me with a real problem, I have high end which is delivering Low End.

What should I do? I want the SLAM I want the DETAIL I cant understand how this Dynaco is outperforming the 38S? 
 
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