Beginner choosing amp help

@tbs I would buy the Peachtree Nova 150, 300, or 500 integrated depending on your speakers power needs. Use it for a while and then upgrade once you have had time to get a better understanding of what you want.

I have the Nova 150 and it is rather good. Does not have any snobby audiophile appeal but I listen every day for 8+ hours and it is fatigue free and rather good. I paid $1100 (used on A’gon). I would not be surprised to see some used deals on these 150 and 300 because Peachtree has a buy back deal now to upgrade to the Nova 500.

I have not heard the Yamaha but have owned a Parasound 23 amp and I prefer the Peachtree. There are a lot of other better electronics you can get for more money, $5K-$10K. However, the low end in audio is rather amazing these days. So I think it is a good time to be cheap and take your time to listen to other gear and learn about what you want.

I am about to spend $10K on new speakers and I will be using the Nova 150 with them for a few months to understand what electronics I would need for them (my room is a big factor so I need some experimentation) . The Peachtree will eventually move to another room. I have no qualms about using this unit with very good speakers.

A Parasound integrated used would give you everything you need. Plenty of power also runs in class A A/B.

Try Wyred 4 Sound. 
Contact EJ, he is fantastic to deal with.....and the Wyred products are outstanding.

The other one I would consider is a Vincent MK236ii or MK237.  Class A hybrid with a tube preamp section.....brute power.

Good luck.

I respectfully disagree with a former post, that you need balanced inputs/outputs, no need for that to hear good music, most amps in your consideration are not fully balanced, also an amp that has been designed well will sound fine unbalanced or not, one also have to remember that a fully balanced amp is much more expensive to produce, for home use I would prefer dual mono amps before balanced, but they can also cost a bit more.
I agree about the Vincent, they get great reviews here in Europe.
Good luck 

For the beginner try the Gryphon 300