Can anyone suggest a good 2-channel amp for $1500

Mayube not $1500 but if you could scrape up another $350-$450 say read here on A'gon,Audio Asylum,and www.epinions (consumer review sites) read about Plinius.MANY people become cult fanatics about there amps with more passion and attatcment than I can think of than just about any amp.EVEN TUBE LOVERS go fo it saying it's closest they can get to tube amps strengths opf sound quality while egting bass controll and no roll of highs that tubes inherently have.Lastly the future is digital ad the first few years Class D amps (digital) sounded like carp but they are getting beter and beter.Read the reveiw of the inovative amp/integrated amp made by PS Audio.While known for their electricla fliters they had gotten great reveiws on first HCA series and new product line allows you 100,250,500 amps to be bought as bopth straictly an amp or one with defeatable gain.Really pretty cool.You can deciode to use it alone or shut the amp down anmd use the "pre" section or amplifier as you wish when you needs change.A used 100 watt maybe in your budget or again a tad over.Bryston is an awesom amp and I think a good choice as is Rogue for tube power (which sounds twice as l;oud at it's given power poiunt than solid state).Brryston would be a great choice but think Plinius side by side I'd take the Plinius hands down.This from a guy who has a little experience .Sold Krell,McIntosh etc for 6 years.MG'luck
Chazzbo

A 100 watt tube amp even used is a rare animal for $1500. That being said I have heard hat the Mcalister 150 which delivers 75watts RMS per side is suposedly very good and cost less than $1,000 brand new. The used Rogue maybe in your price range but I personally didn't like the sound. There are a ton of SS amps that would make it but they are not anything like a good tube amp. I use both types.

Although Bryston doesn't make my favorite amps, they make good sounding ones without a doubt (at least the ones I have heard). And if you are buying used, Bryston's 20 year, transferable warranty is a tramendous plus. Of course the reason they can give this warranty is that with their gear you are unlikely to need to use it - an even bigger plus.

I also see no one has recommended Arcam. Though it is a bit of a "rare bird", the AVR200 produces a very warm, musical sound. It is rated at 85 wpc, but the power management circuitry makes it seems stronger. You can usually find them for around half of your budget, leaving plenty for cables and music.

Good listening.

Do you think that going for less than the max wattage for the speakers (100 wpc) will result in less sound quality than the speakers are capable of producing? I don't want to go too crazy and overdo it and blow out the speakers - that being said, if I do go the integrated amp route and the wattage is significantly more than 100wpc @ 8ohms x 2, how can I avoid blowouts? Are there safety circuits that will keep me (or the kids) from damaging my speakers?

Thanks!