Thanks all for your great advice and especially your understanding of my need to stay within a budget (realizing this greatly impacts overall system quality). Based on advice here and via PMs, etc., I've narrowed my "choices" down to two amps, that are (a) available; (b) within my price range; (3) able to "do the job". I would greatly appreciate any feedback on these. Don't hold back :-)
1. Parasound A21 (not the A21+ although would love that one)
2. Rotel 1552 MKII - I get that these two are not necessarily in the same ballpark, but the Rotel is less than 1/2 the price, so the rookie question is, "is the A21 twice as good as the Rotel?"
I should ad that my music listening is predominately classic rock. Thanks again for your great, non-judgmental help. Cheers!
