What Denon AVR is Equal to the Arcam 300

I was looking for an AVR and decided that 2K was way too much to spend for an integrated solution. I went with low cost separates (still more than 2K however). Here is the problem: the AVR 300 does not have discrete amplification and it is made in Asia (from what I have gleaned). Therefore, you should be asking yourself if it is really an Arcamn at its nucleus. The other telling sign is that Arcams AV processors are about 4K. Quite a disparity. If you want clean sound, you might want to consider Aragon or Adcom preamp/HT processors. They have both been making preamps for quite some time.