Best Integrated Amp, Price no obstacle?

And in this corner: All the way from Japan, weighing in at trim 103 lbs..... and still the undisputed integrated champion of the woooooorld! The Audio Note Ongaku. Floats like a butterfly and stings like a bee!

If you'd like to experience a traditional tube sound, and if cost is truly no object, the VAC Phi Beta would be an insteresting option, at almost $20k (!). I have owned VAC gear in the past and actually considered this when putting together my current, cost no object system. Of course if $20k is too much, the VAC Avatar Super features some of the same technology, but at about 1/4 the price.

Vac Phi Beta

The Sugden Masterclass is $6K, but it is a real gem.

The Musical Fidelity kW 500 has considerable virtues, but it is not a one-box integrated. No space saving there; it comes with a massive outboard power supply.

Why price no obstacle? the Prima Luna Prologue one is out of this world....30 watts per side. I can think of a $30,000 integrated amp....but, the sound achievments of this amp are not 30 times better than the Prima Luna. Not even twice as better! Think again. Price does equivacate to preformance.