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Hoping for a recommendation for stereo amp around $1500 or less ($2k max)

Powering ascend acoustics towers with RAAL ribbons and running a powered rhythmik 12" sub which is currently integrated with my onkyo tx8270 2.1 receiver crossed at 50hz.  I want to use my topping D90/A90 dac/amp stack and use it as a dac/preamp using the remote to control the volume on the dac while leaving the volume knob in place.  Will most likely run balanced out to the amp.  I need to have some way of integrating the sub with the main speakers so the amp would need to have rca full signal out so I can use the dial on the sub to adjust crossover.  If there's a better way to integrate the sub I'm open to it.  I want an amp with hopefully 200w or more and neutral clear but fun/powerful sound like my A90 does for my headphones.  I'm totally new to the world of separates and looking to let my speakers show their maximum potential.  So far I've come across outlaw audio mono blocks but they don't have rca out to go to the sub.  Also came across parasound classic which looked pretty nice but you guys probably know of something much better.  Thank you!
brandini
tweak1
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ASAP
Underwood HiFI has a few Wyred4Sound integrates at super blow out price
https://www.underwoodhifi.com/specials
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mapman
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Yes I would not expect those Underwood Wyred specials to last long.
brandini OP
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After much reading and deliberation I ended up giving in to my curiosity about purify. I got the vtv eigentakt eval 1. Everything I read about it suggests it’s the full size speaker equivalent of my A90 which I like a lot with my phones. Audio science review showed it performing in a similar way as the A90, basically making everything else look silly for less money in the measurements. The only thing that came out ahead in the rankings was the benchmark amp(i forget the model#) with better distortion numbers but far less power for way more money.

If I don’t like it I can return it within 30 days so it seems like a good risk. I just got it hooked up for a test spin and it is indeed very clear and punchy. I still need to get my sub hooked up but what I’ve heard is promising. Also, it has a very quality feel to it which I’ve read wasn’t always the case with vtv in the beginning. It feels like a large boutique headphone amp, using the whole case as a thick heatsink. No extra holes in the bottom and looks good on my shelf with my other gear. Now for more music.
brandini OP
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First impressions are very good. I was a bit worried until I realized I had to reverse the phase on my sub and then suddenly theeeere it is. It went from clear but hollowed out to clear and fleshed out and warm and delicious. I had to look up the specs on my speakers to realize they go down to 40hz and I was getting overlap in the low frequencies combined with being out of phase.

Now that it’s about 80-90% dialed in with the sub I’m extremely impressed. I feel like I got a hubble telescope for my ears that lets me hear the universe. I don’t notice any excessive high frequencies like I’ve seen mentioned in purifi threads here but then again this is the newer model with a different opamp. So far very happy but still learning.
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arcticdeth
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Amps don’t have sub outs, or stuff like that,

 your looking for a receiver, or similar.

  No??
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