Best Integrated, period.

Most of these noted are well above my pay grade, therefore out of my sampling reach. I did happen to own a BAT VK300x, which impressed me for a bit. But even it couldn't hold a candle to the type of listening I'm doing now, with a low watt SET integ.

A Grant Fidelity 3400B with a pair of Shuguang black bottle 300b's floats my boat. It's very affordable, and sonically shames some much more expensive gear that I own.

the one i've owned since selling off all my class A amps, tube amps, preamps, on and on and on...

Carver's ultimate receiver by Sunfire...handles any load, sounds great, and inexpensive. After years of moving gear in and out and choosing to get out of the racket this is it...even has a phono stage and am-fm tuner. Where else can one find a former $4k receiver that sells for $1k and sounds like a million bucks. Don't knock it 'til u've tried it.