$1000 used amp. What can I buy?

Without knowing your other equipment and room size and musical preferences it is hard to advise. But I enjoy my Aragon 8008BB dual mono design very much and it might be near your price range used. Mondail Designs which handles Aragon have always been very good to deal with for me. The amp is quite built proof (survived me touching the speaker wire together while powered with just a blown fuse), well built, about 70 lbs, does nice things across the range and particularly the base.

I know you said "maybe $1,500"...go a little more and score a Pass X-150 and you will probably be stunned with the performance.

Good luck, and have fun.

Thanks. I have Klipsch RF3 speakers. 13X20X8 room. Listen to much different music. Enjoy turning it up too!! I am a bass nut. That is why I have two subwoofers hooked up to this system. Quite nice sounding bass. Just think I need a better amp for the main speakers.

I have been using a Van Alstine SS amp for years. They are hard to find fault with. Extremely reliable with good quality sound and priced within your budget-especially if used.

The Pass Labs products are very good, I might suggest going a generation older to the Aleph series when they used a single gain stage. They were not as powerful, but they sure sounded good. Aragon 8008st or 8008bb are both good options too for an inexpensive but powerful amp. It would suck to have to buy just based on a few opinions here, from people you don't even know. Ideally you NEED to listen to the amp in your system, but when you buy used, if you don't like it, sell it and buy another...