Please help ...integrated amp under $1200

Katali, Yup.  And that's a Krell I've had for 20 years.  Fun is fun.  Sorry yours didn't work out.  My son loves his Sproutie, too.

I just got a PS Audio Sprout, and I love it.  It replaced a Krell KAV-300i, and I'm not going back.  The Sprout just sounds more...fun!

I bluetooth from my computer, use the headphone jack for a Sony Walkman (mostly for the FM tuner), have a Theta Pearl CD transport that plugs into the DAC in the Sprout.  Little Sproutie does it all admirably.

Trouble is, it will only set you back $499.  But that means you have money left over to pair it with Spatial Audio M4s, which have way enough sensitivity to be driven well by little Sproutie.  M3s if you want to stretch.  I have the M1 Turbos, and a subwoofer because I am addicted to bass.  It runs off the analog output of the Sprout.

It is a magnificent setup, and overall, an incredible bargain.  I'll probably spring fro the M3 Turbos sometime soon, and move the M1s and the Krell to my basement system in the guest quarters, where my NAD CD is in storage.  Lucky them