Integrated Amplifiers are another story ,seperate almost allways are better
do to separation of RF, and noise , and bigger power supplies and capacitance .
that being said .my brother has the latest Gryphon Diablo ,and it is almost 85 lbs
and Everything Premium ,and I am into system modding it is a work of art
and will compete with ease Any seperates in the $20k plus range .
an integrated can have advantages if properly implemented such as no extra cables ,losses in signal there direct wiring and coupled can have its own synergy
with amp preamp in one package .$17k is not cheap and their $4k digital module
is Excellent . If he ever sells it .i will take it Off his hands . I have the Very good Danish Gato 400-S Digital integrated amp that I feel a true bargain at $6500
i have spent a homes worth on Audio overthe years and owned a audio store
in The U.K . I feel well implemented class A,AB, Digital ,and Vacuum Tube
all have examples that are excellent . To date the Gryphon integrated
is the most musical integrated I have heard. Vitus from Denmark another Great equally as good
hand built integrated, their top seperates are better stil if youhave $40k and up
I donot . A McIntosh receiver is very respectable , Accuphase much better still.
we are speaking of High quality gear. Denon, onykyo is ok for a starter system
Audiophile quality they are not.
do to separation of RF, and noise , and bigger power supplies and capacitance .
that being said .my brother has the latest Gryphon Diablo ,and it is almost 85 lbs
and Everything Premium ,and I am into system modding it is a work of art
and will compete with ease Any seperates in the $20k plus range .
an integrated can have advantages if properly implemented such as no extra cables ,losses in signal there direct wiring and coupled can have its own synergy
with amp preamp in one package .$17k is not cheap and their $4k digital module
is Excellent . If he ever sells it .i will take it Off his hands . I have the Very good Danish Gato 400-S Digital integrated amp that I feel a true bargain at $6500
i have spent a homes worth on Audio overthe years and owned a audio store
in The U.K . I feel well implemented class A,AB, Digital ,and Vacuum Tube
all have examples that are excellent . To date the Gryphon integrated
is the most musical integrated I have heard. Vitus from Denmark another Great equally as good
hand built integrated, their top seperates are better stil if youhave $40k and up
I donot . A McIntosh receiver is very respectable , Accuphase much better still.
we are speaking of High quality gear. Denon, onykyo is ok for a starter system
Audiophile quality they are not.