Nice speakers but I am not very familiar with them so take this all with a grain of salt.
I have the Hegel H200 (no dac) and love it. Really liked the sound of all the Hegels I have heard, and think they have a great implementation of the dac for the price. I think you couldn't go wrong with the H80 if you like the Hegel sound. They also have a high dampening factor which it is said improves the push and pull on the speaker drivers. I think this means that whatever wattage they list would be robust rather than lean (others may correct me on this).
The nuprime look nice on paper but I would want to be sure to hear it, see it and feel it, given it is a new endeavor by the nuforce team. Or at the very least I would want to hear from Agoners who own it or heard it for their impressions. I do not know anyone who has heard it.
Other options are the Bel Canto integrated and Parasound Halo. I didn't like the Bel Canto sound on the three speakers I tried it on, but many people do, so you may try it. The price of the new 7i seems pretty high but perhaps you could find a demo or used one or the 5i. They come up used from time to time.
The Parasound Halo integrated also has many fans. I haven't heard this particular Parasound but in general they make great products.
One final idea - if space or simplification is your concern for a 'one box' approach, I had the same concern and chose a great integrated without a dac (the H200) and matched it with the Halide DAC HD, which is tiny, sounds great, and has no more footprint than the USB/RCA wires. This does limit the DAC input to USB rather than optical, but it works great for me.
Good luck.
I have the Hegel H200 (no dac) and love it. Really liked the sound of all the Hegels I have heard, and think they have a great implementation of the dac for the price. I think you couldn't go wrong with the H80 if you like the Hegel sound. They also have a high dampening factor which it is said improves the push and pull on the speaker drivers. I think this means that whatever wattage they list would be robust rather than lean (others may correct me on this).
The nuprime look nice on paper but I would want to be sure to hear it, see it and feel it, given it is a new endeavor by the nuforce team. Or at the very least I would want to hear from Agoners who own it or heard it for their impressions. I do not know anyone who has heard it.
Other options are the Bel Canto integrated and Parasound Halo. I didn't like the Bel Canto sound on the three speakers I tried it on, but many people do, so you may try it. The price of the new 7i seems pretty high but perhaps you could find a demo or used one or the 5i. They come up used from time to time.
The Parasound Halo integrated also has many fans. I haven't heard this particular Parasound but in general they make great products.
One final idea - if space or simplification is your concern for a 'one box' approach, I had the same concern and chose a great integrated without a dac (the H200) and matched it with the Halide DAC HD, which is tiny, sounds great, and has no more footprint than the USB/RCA wires. This does limit the DAC input to USB rather than optical, but it works great for me.
Good luck.