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Musical Fidelity AMS 35i or Accuphase E-560?

Hello everyone,I've been reading this forum for some months now and would like to say I'm amazed at how knowledgeable all of you are. I'm hoping some forum members can help be choose between two class A integrateds that I'm considering - the Musical Fidelity AMS35i and the Accuphase E-560. They both are rated about the same (30W for the Accuphase and 35 W for the MF) and both operate in pure class A.

My speakers are ProAc Response K6s and I listen at low to moderate volume to mainly old-school be-bop jazz in a smallish room that's 12 feet x 10 feet.

I can't audition either amp with my speakers so I'll have to make as educated a guess as possible as to which will be the better match for my speakers.

One the one hand the Accuphase has looks to die for but I know that I'll be paying for a host of features that I'll hardly ever use, like tone controls.

As for the MF I know it doesn't look as good but I like the fact that there are no extras on offer - it's a minimalist design which suggests everything goes towards maximising sound quality.

Any help/opinions would be much appreciated. Many thanks in advance.
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Thanks for the response guys.

Gz2837 - appreciate the input. I'm sure you're right - I probably won't go too far wrong if I go for the MF.

Marakanetz - in my country the Accuphase is only around US$300 cheaper than the MF (both cost about US$9,000). If cost and rated power outputs are almost identical (the MF is rated at 35W while the Accuphase is rated at 30W) then I think the two are comparable. But yes, I agree that Accuphase may well be the ultimate class A integrated.
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