Awesome. Looking forward to hearing what you think once you have some time to listen to it. I think I've decided on the Elemental Designs A2-300. Emailing about the discount now! Thanks for posting this thread, exactly what I was looking for as well.
Hey great thread! Looking for a "budget" amp as well. Also looked at Elemental Design and Hsu. This Lava is pretty attractive though, especially with the discount. Pretty beginner set up. Paradigm Mini Monitors all around, Paradigm cc-370 all powered by a Denon AVR-688