Yes, I saw the price of the 1400-2 and it is definitely more than I want to spend. I just remembered seeing specs on the website that it was rated for a 2 ohm load and thought that maybe it would be stable below that. And if the Axiom amp was stable for something below 2 ohms then maybe I could find something cheaper that would be as well.

The most that I would probably want to spend for everything but speakers would be in $1500 to $2000.