Thank you for your comments sir.
I looked closely at Denon PMA-1500R before but I could not bring myself to pay almost 3 times higher price for its Japanese quality and for even less wattage of 70 W/C.
It's best if you can hear them side-by-side. The consequence of subscribing to the herd instinct can be quite costly with audio.
The Denon sound is quite different from the CA sound. Hearing both with your intended speakers might give you a better idea of what would suit you better. I do agree that 3x the price is too much, as international prices often put it at only about ~40% higher.
Do explore other reasonable options from Marantz, NAD, Rotel, Yamaha, Rega, Pioneer, Onkyo, Audiolab, Arcam, etc.
Best of luck sir.