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All In One Recommendations

Our friend mechans aka The Doctor passed away in the early part of 2020.  He was an active, passionate, and knowledgeable contributor here and AA.  Although he acquired a lot of wonderful sounding audio kit, and his wife shares our demand for excellent sound, she now seeks a more streamlined solution.  That means integrated amplifier with MM / HOMC phono input, as well as on board streamer / DAC.

Looking around, I see NAD offers a line of integrateds that would suit.  I have a NAD streamer / DAC with preamplifier and phono input in one of my tertiary systems, and while certainly not the best sounding component I have, it's quite competent.  I really like its BluOS, and hard to fault overall at the $1750 price point.

Although she would consider taking a different route with that same model preamp, the preference at this time lies with an integrated that does it all.  Along those lines, any other recommendations when it comes to an all in one solution beyond the NAD lineup?

Thanks to all...

trelja
marklings
61 posts
 

I have had the same question for myself and did a lot of research:

-  JBL SA750 does tick all the boxes but it seems to be a rebranding / repackaging of ARCAM SA30. The latter has got horrible reviews, distortion and problems.

- Nad has got quite a few aces. M10 (no MC, kind of limited power), M33 (very expensive). The new C399 with the streaming add on card (ticks all but no MC) Personally I ordered this last one, waiting for delivery. I'll add a step up transformer and end up spending some 3K.

- Lyngdorf TDAI 3400 with add on analog card. Absolutely beautiful, the money no exception choice IMO, but it goes for some 6K, too expensive for me.

Personally I also wanted room correction, so I went for the C399. Will let you know.

gregm
3,405 posts
 

Good to see you back @trelja even if it's as the bearer of bad news!

A great sounding, modestly priced option is the ATC integrated (from the speakers people); I listened to one and found it amazingly good for the price -- IIRC less than 2k -- which even included a user-adjustable phono to match the cartridge!

shmadoff
12 posts
 

While I haven't heard them personally, I've read many good things about the Cambridge Audio Evo 75 and 150, $2250 and $3000 respectively.

jacano
17 posts
 

Audiolab Omnia. 

trelja OP
3,223 posts
 

Many thanks for all the great suggestions + kind words!  It's certainly good to catch up with some of the folks here.

The ATC suggestion compels, as does the Schiit.  And I'd not heard of the Audiolab, which also sounds worthy.  Based on knowing it would represent a warmer, more fleshed out counterpoint to the leaner, perhaps more insightful and incisive NAD, it seems like I should dig deeper on the Cambridge suggestions.

Again, my sincere appreciation to everyone

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