Rlwainwright, your over-enthusiasm and single-mindedness with Emotiva truly distracts from your posts having any meaning anymore.
There, I said it!
To the OP, I concur with the Rotel. Their multichannel amps are a good bang for the buck. An older ATI 5-channel amp is within your price range, as is a used Sherbourn 5/1500A (I've owned one for over a decade now and continue to enjoy it every day).
You MIGHT find the McCormack multichannel amp within your price range, although I haven't checked on that one for some time now.
Lots of good choices!
Michael
There, I said it!
To the OP, I concur with the Rotel. Their multichannel amps are a good bang for the buck. An older ATI 5-channel amp is within your price range, as is a used Sherbourn 5/1500A (I've owned one for over a decade now and continue to enjoy it every day).
You MIGHT find the McCormack multichannel amp within your price range, although I haven't checked on that one for some time now.
Lots of good choices!
Michael