Integrated Amplifier balanced

How many pairs of balanced input? What else is in the chain (dac, speakers, etc)? There are a lot of options so this will help narrow it down a little.

All my music is on my computer (FLAC). I am looking at the Slim Transporter as my DAC. This is my entire chain! I need to get an amp and speakers.

I need one pair of balanced inputs. If the amp has a pre-amp balanced out, I might hook-up a headphone amp (Headroom) unless the amp supports headphone output.

Thanks for your help.

Used :
Jeff Rowland Concentra
Pass Labs INT-150
Mark Levinson Nº 383,

Is that budget just for the integrated, or the whole system? I would say that you may want to budget for a good DAC, since you can definitely improve over the Slim's DAC. One route may be to get a DAC with volume control like the Bel Canto e.One DAC3 and then get an amp and use the DAC as a preamp. I know someone who does this with a Pass 250.5 and likes it very much (although maybe still misses a preamp).

I have the Pass and love it. I don't know what they go for used, but I would guess over 3,000. I would think a YBA Passion Integre 300 would be a good route, or the Plinius 9200, both of which are very beautiful sounding amps, and both of which hold up well for resale (also match your criteria above).

I would maybe suggest pinning down your speakers first, because if you're going to buy and sell until you get the right thing, speakers are a drag to do that with; however, amps are pretty easy. You could also get a 2000 and under integreated and get a DAC that will perform better than the squeeze, unless you're going with a modded unit.