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LFD Advice?

I've been auditioning a 20 year old LFD Mistral integrated in my system and am absolutely amazed with the sound -  has a nice presence, glorious mids, and is really easy to listen to.  Not a lot of conveniences (goodbye, remote!) but I could see myself happily living out my years with it.  But, of course, the upgrade demon (who won't be satisfied until we're both impoverished) is perched on my shoulder and is lobbying for a newer LFD; I've got a line on a LE VI (current version, midline). 
Has anyone been down this road before that can offer comparisons or advice on this O.G. Mistral vs. a newer Mistral or LE series?  Thanks for any help. 
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I’ve auditioned LFD integrated amps over the years at my dealers.

My take:

(1) LFD makes a great unit that was on my short list as a strong contender and no pretender when I last upgraded . It was only bested IMO by the REGA OSIRIS integrated amp that I bought new.

(2) Q : ideally Which LFD model to choose?
A: EZ: the very best you can afford.

(3): If you are indeed married to the LFD signature sound, then the very top model LFD silver cables (ICs and speaker …) are a critical upgrade path in lockstep to max out their performance and system synergy.

FWIW ….

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