what you've just described could be a marantz, cyrus, audiolab, or creek integrated....including the more modest price tag. there are also vintage products like marantz, hk and tandberg receivers which will still drive many speakers to perfection.....Even the new hk, onkyo and yamaha integrateds are 'comically' cheap for what they can accomplish....Are they as good as mac? arguably not, but they certainly are close and inexpensive on the class curve.
