Amp recommendations

[gckless]

Going to looking for new amp(s) for my front stage, coming from a Zed Leviathan III. Here are my requirements:

- About $1000 budget.

- Looking for SQ-level amps, but still need power.

- Need 100Wx2 @ 4ohms and ~150W+x2 @ 8ohms.

- For the above reason, I think I'm looking at a 6 channel (bridge 2 pairs of channels) or 2 amps, one 2 channel for tweeters, one 2 channel or 4 channel bridged for mids (I plan on going 3 way eventually, so a 4 channel here would be best).

- Has to look somewhat decent. LOVE the finned heatsink. This isn't super important, but I don't want anything that looks like garbage.

- Would very much prefer new, but not against used if it's in really good condition.

- Class of amp doesn't really matter to me.

Here are my choices so far:

- Zapco Z150.6. Kinda hesitant on this one, I've heard some not so great things.

- Soundstream Reference series (one REF2.640, one REF4.920). These would absolutely be my choice as they are pretty cheap, look awesome, and have great specs, but unfortunately they're discontinued. Might be hard to find by the time I want to buy.

- Arc Audio. A KS300.2 and KS300.4 might work.

- Zuki. Hard to estimate power though.

Some others that are possibilities:

- Linear Power. Don't know prices, but pretty sure they're out of my league.

I won't be buying until about mid-February, so I have a little time. Looking for any/all options.

Please only list options, not opinions, if I want more info on something specific I'll look into it. Trying not to get this viewed as a vs. thread, but mods may obviously do as they see fit.

[Kyblack76]

Dope sq ???

Hertz

MCintosh (like in Scott Buwaldas build)

PPI old school

[ToNasty]

I would look into zuki or linear power