The Burmester 032 or the new 232 integrated amp combines tube like liquidity, dimensionality, sweet (non fatiguing/no edginess) high frequencies, midrange bloom, and image density with the transient speed, micro/macro-dynamics, bass power, clarity and resolution of solid state. The new 232 offers a DAC card option. A must to add to your audition list. I am a ex-Krell big separates lover but once I auditioned Burmester I divorced my Krells for a younger, more athletic, and exotic Burmester 032, never looking at another since.