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Vintage Integrated Amplifiers With Great Sound
Vintage integrated have a problem with digital. You'd need to budget for a DAC and interconnects, and then it's not integrated anymore. It wasn't until Flac came out (2001), and then got mainstream support (lets say about 5 years later), that digi... 
Headphone suggestions needed
I use a Synthesis 41DC+ integrated tube amp (ECL82/6BM8 in a Single Ended 2W class A), source is USB from a PC usually running Tidal using CD Lossless quality. My headphones are theĀ Audeze LCD-2. I am very happy with this arrangement. It's clear a... 
Spotify Premium vs Tidal ... opinions?
Tidal is better than Spotify. The HiFi subscription is CD Lossless, and it costs the same as Spotify Premium, which is lossy. Spotify Hifi is not out yet, delayed due to licensing issues, so no one knows yet about that. For Tidal, their HiFi Plus...