Thanks. No, the prices, lower or higher, do not fool me, no do magazines' ratings. It all depends on the synergy of one component with the rest of the system and ultimately my own ears.
Thanks for the info but I am not sure what you mean by not getting fooled by the name Parasound --- I have owned Parasound gear before and it is good value of money.
I am satisfied with my current setup, see
http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?vaslt&1066703453
In fact my speakers are tri-amped now (not for more power but for driving the ribbons as purely as possible)
But I have another pair of speakers in another room that may need amps. Unfortunatley I cannot find a Parasound dealer in Dallas Forth-Worth area. I like to audition them first.