Hegel vs Rogue

+2 Hegel, Hegel makes solid amps.  I personally prefer a class AB over a class D hybrid.  The Rogue Cronus Magnum II would be a harder choice.  

I also owned the CM2 and it was a nice sounding integrated amp. Good amp to tube roll. I found some good tubes to help the top and bottom but still not enough. I ended up going with an Ayre AX-5/Twenty.  Different price level = different league. But like donjr I still think about my Cronus Magnum :)

Courtney - I would check out a DAC made by a company called Denafrips - a newer Chinese company. They sell a few in your price range.  Unlike the Yggy - which uses a R2R chipset made for medical devices, Denafrips makes DACs that use a discrete R2R ladder DAC designed to play music.  Denafrips DACs can also play DSD files so your not just limited to red book pcm files.  Lastly, they are affordable. I bought there top end DAC called the  "Terminator" and it's fantastic. If it was made in Europe it probably would have cost double or triple the price I paid. It competes with DAC many times it's price.  They haven't been reviewed much, but if you read the forums like head-fi, everybody seems to love their sound.  Good luck!