High-end amplifier clarification?

Funny question. You must know that the answers you will get are based on an individual's subjective opinion, so what is your point?

I am not sure about your motives but I will bite.Ok, in my opinion a good example of non high-end amp would be the Rotel Michi series RHT----.
A borderline high-end would be a Bryston.A high-end amp would be a Pass labs or Mark Levinson,ARC,Cary e.t.c.
George

Are you looking to buy one that just "makes it" and avoid one that just "falls short"? For the most part it is marketing speak, since most equipment performs pretty well today, or better said, you don't need to spend a lot of money to have "high-end" sound. I suspect folks would think that $500-$750 integrated from companies like NAD, Rotel, Cambridge...are truly high-end, but they sure do capture an awfully large % of what is possible from 60-100 watts SS amps.

I suspect that all amplifiers here:

http://www.higherfi.com/amplist/amplist.htm

might be high end.