Your trying to make it simple. You sure asked the wrong crowd. You don't realize that we argue over Triodes vs Pentodes and whether one $4000 amp blows away another $4000 amp (that have basically the same specifications.)
I will assume you are sincere but are not all that critical and you just want a good performing amp for your speakers. Your search is pretty simple.
1. Find a dealer that has your speakers or something very close to them in cost size, and efficiency.
2. Select some CDs you are very familiar with.
3. Go to the dealer on an off day when the store isn't being overloaded with other customers music.
4. Have the salesman point out the amps that are in your price range and listen to them. Buy the one that sounds best with your speakers and your music. One more piece of advice. Take a woman with you that you respect in terms of "good ears". Women usually have better hearing, they are less swayed by techno hype, and there is usually a significant other who will be pleased you asked. My wife is sensitive to overly bright sounding equipment. I certainly don't want to buy a system that she has to leave the room for me to listen to. (Yes it happens to men all the time.)
I could tell you about impedence matching, TIM, continuous power vs RMS and lots of other items to consider but hay its what the beast sounds like to you that matters.
I will assume you are sincere but are not all that critical and you just want a good performing amp for your speakers. Your search is pretty simple.
1. Find a dealer that has your speakers or something very close to them in cost size, and efficiency.
2. Select some CDs you are very familiar with.
3. Go to the dealer on an off day when the store isn't being overloaded with other customers music.
4. Have the salesman point out the amps that are in your price range and listen to them. Buy the one that sounds best with your speakers and your music. One more piece of advice. Take a woman with you that you respect in terms of "good ears". Women usually have better hearing, they are less swayed by techno hype, and there is usually a significant other who will be pleased you asked. My wife is sensitive to overly bright sounding equipment. I certainly don't want to buy a system that she has to leave the room for me to listen to. (Yes it happens to men all the time.)
I could tell you about impedence matching, TIM, continuous power vs RMS and lots of other items to consider but hay its what the beast sounds like to you that matters.