What multi channel amp sounds like a Class A two channel?

Classe' puts the larger effort in their analogue section of their multi channel amps, and should do the trick for you. I use a Musical Fidelity HT600 5 channel amp, and it compares well to anything, but it offers only 120 watts per channel, and if you need say.. 200 watts or more it may not cut it. I must say that the HT600 is the closest I have heard to a really great 2 channel set up in a home theater application. I would use Musical Fidelity's 2 channel A3cr for left, right mains, plus their HT600 for the 5 remaining channels to accomplish a 7 channel setup. That would give you the best of both worlds. What speakers are you planning to use?

California Audio Labs runs class A for the first 50 watts into each of 5 channels. It sounds a lot like Mark Levinson stuff to me. You may want to check Widescreen Review for information. I remain very impressed by the amp. It retails for 7500.00 new and I honestly feel that it would be worth that if it were only a two channel amp.

...theoretically speaking -- none of them sounds like class A. There is a large heat interferance between the active stages of multichanell amplifier that will cause the offset point of the active elements displacesd. The best thing is to use 5 class A monoblocks!