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Integrated Amp Choices
ja_kub_sz - I am honored, your first post, welcome!I will definitely check out the Anthem (if I can find one around here?)Years ago, I had a McIntosh MA6600, it was good, but not as musical as my Coda CSIB, but if looks could kill...And, yes of co... 
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anotherbob - boy, another great suggestion!Boy, they are really starting to pile up!  
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2channel8 - thanks, Primare is great stuff, I once had their stand alone DAC, great build quality. I will check out the I35, but pretty sure no one locally carry’s it. 
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arcam88 - 👍 
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docmrmike - excellent advice  thanks so much for contributing!  
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geof3 -  pesky_wabbit, OK, thank you both. 
Any Thoughts On These?
lemonhaze - It’s funny you mention Vandersteens. I live a couple hours north of Seattle and made the trek to Advanced Audio Systems in Tacoma.My wife and I listened to both The Treos and the 3As with great expectations and all I can say is that th... 
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pesky_wabbit - HA! I want both! This one hasn't even come up yet in this discussion...Maybe Luxman can do that? 
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stephenm789 and all others that recommend or use Hegel integrated amps, the H390 in particular. Do you use the onboard DACs in this units or do you use an external DAC of some sort and if so, why (either way)? 
Any Thoughts On These?
Thanks lemonhaze and to all that have responded here. My wife and I finally heard the Totems with some upper end Naim separates and we couldn't hit the mute button fast enough! Not that they didn't sound good, they just weren't for us. Heard the W... 
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pesky_wabbit - excellent, yes, thanks! arcam88 - How do you like those passive ATC scm 40's?I audition the same model in actives but didn't pay a lot of attention to them when I found I needed a pre-amp to run them, not to mention their almost twi... 
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arcam88 - definitely a good short lister, lots of good press, but hard to find one to have a listen. 
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big_greg, rockysantoro - As far as honorable mentions, Simaudio is clearly the front runner here so far.Haven’t given ARC much thought, but with there one and only vsi75 (tube) integrated coming in at $9,500 I think I'll have to pass, thanks 
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jbuhl - cool set-up thanks. I have not heard a class D amp and it seems most local dealers don't carry much in the way of class D either. A lot of times they they get a bad rap, but until I here one myself I'll reserve judgment.  
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I need a bit more power to drive my potential speakers (KEF RIIs) so maybe the L-507uXII. I know, it's not class A though...