Integrated that blew you away


Like most I run separates but am looking to downsize but also upgrade. So for the first time since I decided I wanted as close to a world class system as I could afford, I’m looking at integrated amps.

 

So if you’re a separates guy/gal but heard an integrated that really struck you. Please share. I want to hear all the steamy details. The speakers, the source, the pursed lips and steamy glances.

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Audio Research GSi 75

It is a wonderful integrated that I only gave up as my Wilson Sophia 1s needed more power in my large space.  
 

with the beautiful KT150 sound and the excellent on board DAC and phono, you are all set

A $700 (used to me) tube amplifier by Willsenton that takes 4 KT88 or 4 EL34 tubes. That’s what I call bang for buck!

Consider the Soulution 331 Integrated.  We are using this in our Family Room set-up.  It recently replaced the Ayre AX-5 Twenty which we had or 12 years.  Everything is sounds much more 3-dimensional.  Stage is taller, wider, deeper & more forward than the Ayre system.  Upper midrange and tweeters seem to have come alive.  The 331 also displays a very strong grip in the bass.

We've listen to mostly Jazz streaming Qobuz via our Aurender A30.  My wife has commented on hearing details she did not hear before.  Music is more 3-dimensional with voices and instruments further out into our room accompanied by a wide soundstage.  Despite 120 wpc vs. my previous Ayre AX-5 Twenty [125 w/c], bass instruments / drums are much tighter, deeper in reach with much more detail and GRIP.  I'm guessing the power reserves supplemented by 160,000 µF of storage capacitance is what's in play here.  I'm blown away.

Speakers are Sonus Faber Guarneri Evolutions, Streamer / Server is Aurender A30.  REL S/2 sub.  Nordost Power Cables [Valhalla 2, Tyr 2 & Frey 2] & Audioquest Dragon XLR interconnects.