Thanks for your replies and especially for your great recommendations. Pennfootball71 and rsf507 convinced me to look at other brands that would be more appropriate. I ended up buying a Nagra Classic Amp (100w per channel, first ten watts in class A). The agility, punch and clarity of this amp are absolutely outstanding. My wife and I left Montreal on Thursday at 4:30am to pick up a used unit in the Toronto area. It's a dealer trade in unit, less than 5 years old in 10/10 condition: $14k CAD. I could even bridge it into dual monoblocks, but according to the modulometer, the current output power is more than enough for my needs.
Thanks again everyone!