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Amp to power surround channels for MUSIC ONLY

I have a Lyngdorf stereo amp and am looking for a 3/4 channel power amp (prefer not integrated amp; budget say 2-3k) to power my center and surround channels. This is for music only. Almost all multi channel amps are for movies; they don’t fit the bill—I don’t play movies, don’t care about Atmos, etc. Classical, opera and jazz; I don’t turn volume to 11. 

I want a relatively transparent amp that won’t mess with the recorded sound. I have a lot of 3,4,5 channel SACDs, DSD and FLAC downloads. Need power amp to go with my Parasound P7 multichannel pre-amp. My speakers will be Tannoy with sensitivity of 89 & 90dB.

Recommendations? Thanks for any help.
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big_greg
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Multi-channel amps aren't for "movies" or "music".  If they're good at one, they'll be good at the other.  Some multi-channel amps are better than others and both movies and music will sound better with a better amp/preamp/speakers. 

What's your budget?  Do you have space limitations?  Have you considered monoblocks?
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