HT amp for music- please help


The decorator is coming and my wife has asked me to pair things down. I need to buy a 5 channel amp that will take on both 2 channel and movies.

My musical tastes run across the entire spectrum except electronica. Vocals, jazz, blues, country, folk-
I mean Dylan to Puchini

My current and steady amp is a Muse 160 which I have had in my system since buying it new. What can slip in as a replacement that wont leave me flat. Movies are really secondary as it all sounds pretty good to me, but music is what I spend most of my time with.

I am not going to drop a ton on an amp as I don't think it's needed. The Muse has been great and I simply want something that I can enjoy at least as much.

Parasound, Theta, ATI all come to mind.

Would someone please throw their thoughts into the ring- As an avid AG participant, I will not get to listen before buying so I want to be able to make the best possible decision based on this limitation.

Emotiva keeps popping up and I know the haters abound but it looks like a well build product and for a grand...

My mains are AP Tempo 3 rated at 4ohm - not sure about their efficiency- I would guess around 89/90

Suffice to say that I simply want the amp to sound good. Not looking for a lot of flowery descriptions

Thanks in advance for everyones input
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I have a Proceed amp 5 for sale on cl in MN . Did not think about shipping as it weighs close to 95 lbs but could . It would fall within your budget .
Five Parasound JC-1s should give the decorator something to work with.

If the Proceed Amp 5 is like the Amp 2 and Amp 3, it will have separate toroidal power transformers and power supplies for each channel. I used those amps for years before I moved up to the Proceed HPA 2 & 3 monsters, and their sound will not disappoint you.

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I'm thinking an Intrepid- my speakers are 4ohm so it should have plenty of power.