Opinions on Audio Matiere amps

Audio Matiere made some of the best-sounding amps I have heard; I'm not sure if they're still in business. I understand that the designer of the Audio Matiere equipment (who I believe also was involved in the design of the Jadis equipment) is now with Aero Audio, and the designs from that company seem quite similar. You might want to see if they make a separate phono section, if Audio Matiere is no longer around. I'd also think a Jadis phono stage or the Aesthetix IO or Herron might work well with your integrated. As far as connecting the phono stage, while I don't know what inputs you have, so long as you get an outboard phono stage with enough gain, you could probably connect it to a line input of the integrated.

previously owned a Audio Matiere Paraphase it was better than a C.A.T. preamp or Jadis JPL preamp. Had a extremely layered and airy soundstage and presence doesn't get any better. Build quality is very good and unique.

I believe that the US Distributor was Ron Hendrich from Marigo Audio Labs, Im sure he has quite a bit of knowledge of these amps.