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Recommend Affordable Integrated Amps (Solid State or Tube)

Looking for an affordable, good sounding integrated amp costing no more than $3500. It must be able to play CDs and Vinyls as well as digital music from iTunes (some 30,000 songs) stored in AIFF format. Currently have an Accuphase E 307 integrated amp  using Kimber Kable interconnects and speakers cables with jumpers. Current speakers are KEF Q700. Analog is Linn Basic with an Akito tone arm and Rega Exact 2 Cartridge. CD player id a Marantz 5004. I listen mainly to jazz, R&B, Pop, world, etc. at moderate listening volumes. Room size is about 17 x 24 feet with 8 foot ceiling.
Would love to have suggestions. 
  
joscow
jhills
615 posts
 
+1 for Rogue.
I have a Rogue, Cronus Magnum II and am most happy with it’s sound and performance. It also has a very decent phono section and is made in USA.
/https://headphone.guru/rogue-cronus-magnum-11-the-integrated-sensation/

Jim
gryphongryph
380 posts
 
Norma Revo 140, a fantastic amp.
caphill
674 posts
 
Musical Fidelity M6si retails for I think around $3k or $3500 new. Has built-in DAC. 
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twoleftears
5,318 posts
 
You open up so many more possibilities if you don't insist on a built-in DAC.  Plus, that part is what's most likely to be outstripped in a few years.  Hard to know what direction you want to go in from the Accuphase.  More "accurate" (Kinki perhaps) or more "tubey" (Rogue, PrimaLuna, etc.).
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lou_setriodes
687 posts
 
+1 for Wolf Garcia.

A Tube integrated + sep phono and DAC would be my choice as well.  Besides Jolida, there are many other good ones coming out of China like Antique Sound Labs and Audio Space that are well below your budget and I think you'd be pleasantly surprised just how good they sound.  Check out some EL34 amps in push pull.  
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