Meanwhile, the closest I can find to my ideal Class-D 7-channel amp is the Rotel RMB-1077. It's price has reportedly just dropped to under $2000.

At 100 watts per channel, it runs extremely cool, and only weighs 17 pounds. But it only offers analog, unbalanced inputs.

Wouldn't it be great to have an amplifier like this that had a HDMI for its audio input?

Dave K.