Beginner choosing amp help

I'll recommend a Pass XA-30.5. I had this in our system before upgrading to XA-200.5's. The were dramatically better than our X-250.5 amplifier, everyone who heard the comparison - audiophile, music lover or just an uninformed guest - liked the 30.5 better.
Our system was Sasha I's, Meridian 800 transport, 861v6 D/A, top tier MIT Oracle cables, Sound Application power conditioner.
This amplifier will put out 30 watts class A and goes just beyond 200 watts into 8 ohms. Drove our Sasha I's effortlessly.
It's an hugh over achiever and performs well above it's price point. If you buy one right, you can try it and sell it for no loss.
But that was just a disclaimer - if your system is up to it, you won't sell it.

I just want to thank everyone for all of the advice so far . I had an opportunity to audition a few amps over the weekend. Here are my thoughts on what I’ve heard..hoping this can help get me pointed in a better direction. Hegel H160- more mellow then my Yamaha and sounded much smoother and much faster. Sounded darker as well. On certain tracks oddly enough I felt like the Yamaha had better resolution ..even though I now realize that the Yamaha is grainer sounding I still feel that  overall it’s resolution was better which is very odd to me considering the cost difference between the two. Maybe has to do with the dac on the 160 being older? I also heard a McIntosh which I thought sounded better then the Hegel and Yamaha. It was warmer, richer , and there was more detail even at lower volumes . But at 6500 it’s for sure out of my price range. I still feel like I need to hear more but this gave me a better idea of the differences between amps and a better idea of what I like. Thanks for all of the suggestions so far ..didn’t realize this would be so difficult lol. 

Krell Vanguard.  You can buy brand new on Ebay for $2600 as they are  closing them out. Significantly  more power and control than the Luxman.