Should spend most of your money on speakers for now. That is something you might keep for a long long time. Sound quality of speakers is very very personal. My ideal is an Electrostatic mid/hi-range panel plus an add on super tweeter. Get a small sub-woofer with built-in amp and cross-over, such as Audio Pro...very nice box for smaller homes in Hong Kong. Used Japan integrated amp is not bad if it is cheap, can always upgrade easy. Luxman, Denon, Yamaha are not bad. Would be nice if the box is heavy, like 50lbs or so for 100 watts integrated amp. A round transformer, huge filtering caps and big heat-sink also a good indication of a good product. Might wanna stay away from Japanese stuff once you enter hi end hehe. They sound like MSG added,lol....Always stay with 2 ch. please.....