However, I want to go full out - a 7 channel amp. The PA2000 is taller than the A1400, and it is far more powerful.
Am I misreading this? you are saying your bridged H/K @ 100W/Ch is more powerfull than the A1400 @ 200W/ch?
Nope, that's exactly what I wrote. I mis-typed it. So much for me knowing 'a littl bit' about amps LOL. As you see from my corrected post - that is what I meant to say (and did say,in my head, my fingers got a little ahead though and forgot to type that part in).
That's why I'm so interested. Here you got an amp that is not only smaller, but offers 8 channels of amplification, and is far more powerful, then my bridge PA2000 (hope that reads better lol).
Like I mentioned though, the big thing now is sound quality. From what I've read so far, that should also be a big improvement (not that H/K sounds bad).