Is There A Better Solution?

Thanks all for your perspective - it's what I was hoping for. I am space constrained and clutter discouraged, so simplicity is the order of the day here. Thankfully, the main rig in our home is dedicated, with a den set up for video and occasional streaming via a Primare i25 Prisma. I just hooked up the Primare in the condo set up and was disappointed in what it gives up relative to the albeit 3x more expensive Rave/Rose.  I have therefore decided to keep the Hifi Rose DAC/streamer and go for a high quality SS Integrated, thereby opening up my options. More homework to do.

I am not sure I fully understand your question but I have a system that is for music and TV.  The music path is streamer, dac, pre-amp, amps, R & L speakers.

The TV path is cable box, AVR, center channel speakers and back channels and pre-out for L&R channels from AVR to pre-amp.  

For TV watching I leave the pre-amp and amps off and use the center channel and back channels.  Good for sports and shitty TV.  For movies or anything that I want the full sound system, I just turn on the preamp and the amps.  That powers up the R&L channels.   

This allows for a pure 2 channel system.   Having the AVR allows me to switch between a cable box, Roku, DVD player, and computer.  

I have an Exposure 3010s2d in excellent condition I am thinking of selling if you are considering a M6 over the all in one streamer and int amp.

For streaming music and TV watching, I switched to SONOS surround bar + sub years ago. I couldn’t be any happier. Two of my TV rooms are setup with ARC surround bar and a sub. Just give it a listen and you’ll be pleasantly surprised with sound and its capabilities plus a huge WAF. 

@stesol 

I believe the M33 would be a good all in one option. The BluOs is excellent as well. There are a couple other options I would give serious consideration to as well. The Cambridge EXA integrated and the Yamaha R-N1000A. Like the Cambridge both have excellent operating systems and are very well reviewed for sound quality. Good luck with your search.

https://tmraudio.com/components/integrated-amplifiers/cambridge-audio-exa100-stereo-integrated-amplifier/

https://tmraudio.com/brand-partner/yamaha-r-n1000a-stereo-network-receiver/

Cheers,

Scott

Thanks @hgeifman  - I do plan on calling TMR for their suggestions. I am hoping to gather other expert opinions from this crowd before I do so. 

@stesol, I suggest you call TMR, explain the situation and ask for some recommendations. Describe your needs, budget, etc. and see they suggest. 

I did this several years ago and purchased the Musical Fidelity M6Si integrated amp.  I like it very much.   

Thanks for your thoughts and suggestions. I am ideally  looking to consolidate the streaming as well. I'm also looking at the AVM CS2.3 and Cambridge EVO 150 on the TMR site. From what I can tell, the NAD is a step above - I am also curious to see how well Dirac works for my set-up. TMR also has Naim Uniti but they look to suffer from reliability issues.

This is so hard ...

I didn’t like the sound of the M33 with Magenpan 1.7s. How about a Musical Fidelity M6.