What Integrated Amp do You use

Nobody has picked the best overall audiophile solution for streaming, Bluetooth AptX HD (both ways), vinyl (who uses such a noisy source anymore?), HDMI ARC input, balanced and optical input, PLUS two slots for future hardware upgrades!  200 watts (4 & 8 ohms, 2 ohm stable) Purifi Eigentact amplification with nearly immeasurable THD!  Outstanding reviews and Stereophile amplification product of the year 2020.  Yes, pick up the NAD M33 and all your wants will be happily satisfied!  Nothing comes close…

jjss49- so let me get this right, you’re saying you used separate DACs from what came on the integrateds?  The correct test would be speaker wires directly from the integrateds to the speakers without anything else in the chain.  Oh, but wait, those integrateds didn’t have built in DACS?  Well sure if you want to spend much more money you could get marginally better results, I should have stipulated a one box solution, my bad.  Good luck getting better for $5k.

jjss49- ok, what are you using now to compare with the NAD M33, your system page is chock full of system components, none of which you can be using at the same time, so which is better?

jjss49- sure if you like clinical presentation that lacks warmth and rhythm go with the Devialet Pro 140 Expert, and by the way, the NAD M33 HAS a phono stage with both mm/mc, HAS configurability with two slots for new hardware AND is much easier to upgrade via Wi-Fi.  SAM may work well for some speakers, but it is not a substitute for Dirac Live as most people’s room can do with various levels of correction AND personal customization.  Did you really have an M33, seems to me you should have known about these features?

jjss49- the description of the sound on that Devialet came from a professional reviewer, and there’s more similar.  I’ve found none that say that about the M 33, in fact a couple I read said the same as I did, best one box solution on the market.  Stereophile product of the year for amplification 2020, I’ve not read one negative review regarding its sound or feature set.  YOU may not of liked it’s uncolored, powerful (2 ohm stable) and distortion free sound, but many more do.  Even to my old  ears it sounds great, but I certainly trust the pro’s way more.  You’re certainly entitled to your opinion of the sound using your own pre-amp, but the “frills” (most call them features) are absolutely to be considered, as I was talking one box solution.  One reviewer called it “revolutionary,” another, “game-changer.”  But hey, what do they know, they’re just “shills,” right…