Integrated all in one for a second system


Hello.  Looking for suggestions for an Integrated amp that incorporates streaming / DAC into one unit.  I am moving my primary 2-channel system into a more dedicated room with a home remodel.  I still want to listen to good music in the current room.  It is a huge room that includes the family room, kitchen, and living room into one big space.  

Looking to pair it with Focal Diablo Utopia speakers and can use a B&W DB1-D to help with the low end.  I do need a home theater pass through as it will be running with a Marantz CInema 30 to use for multichannel for our TV.  These components will be in a vented closet, so looking for something reasonably sized and not running excessively hot.  Interested in something less than 7000-8000 and fine with the used market.

Any advice is appreciated.

wjcasey3rd

Definitely need to look at the T+A line.  I had a similar setup to yours, and needed extensive connectivity.  I wanted to use a high-quality integrated both as a stereo system for "critical" listening to my sub-enhanced Harbeths, but also as the FL/FR/LFE driver for a 5.1 home-theater.  The R 2500 R, the company’s current $19K flagship integrated had every feature needed for both those applications and, as icing, is sonically impressive in every way.  Even the headphone amp and phonostage punch way above for a sub-$20,000 integrated.

I realize that this is out of your price range, but T+A makes a # of less-expensive integrateds that offer similar connectivty and not-unsimilar SQ.  T+A is only beginning to be known here, but is a huge name in the Eastern Hemisphere, especially for its unique  DAC/streamers, amps, and preamps.  I think that these boxes would fit your requirements as well as anything, with Hegels and Ayres running a close second.  As you might guess, I spent months comparing $5-10K integrateds in great detail, before finally being so wowed by the R 2500 R that I wound up springing for a box that cost twice what I’d originally intended to spend.

Re: dealers, I worked with Juan at Bliss HiFi in MN (not to be confused with other "Bliss" dealerships across the US).  The guy is very knowledgable about T+A, being one of the company’s first US retailers, and is a nice guy to boot, always willing to answer questions at length.

 

Thank you all!!!  This has been so helpful. Looking at several of these now. Cheers!  Much appreciated!

 

There is the Primare I35 Prisma DM36, a modular integrated amplifier and network player. It is some sort of class D amp so it should not run hot. I had a Primare preamp for a bit and it was nice. New, it is about USD 5500.