[ozbear]

I'm with GlenR on the Yamaha amps (actually A/V processors in my case). I had retired a Yamaha DSP-A1 for a Yamaha RZ-X1 (drives 8.1 if you have that many speakers) some time ago and love(d) both of them.

They also have reasonably clear manuals (somewhat of a rarity), which is good because of the multiude of audio and video connections on them.

Also with GlenR on speakers...audition them yourself, preferably while bringing in some music samples from your collection of the type of music you listen to most.
It makes little difference if they faithfully reproduce classical if you never listen to it and you could end up paying a premium for performance from which you will never receive any value.

Oz