Best Integrated, period.

I WOULD NEVER SAY WHICH AMPLIFIER IS BEST AS WE ALL HAVE DIFFERENT EARS , BUT AS THE OWNER OF MANY SERIOUS AMPS I HAVE TO SAY THAT I MUST PUT THE YAMAMOTO A-011 2A3 INTERGRATED FOUR WATTER INTO THIS DISCUSSION PERIOD. AS WE KNOW SPEAKER SELECTION IS PARAMOUNT AS WELL AS EMISSION LABS 2A3 MESH PLATES / AWESOME MUSIC APPRECIATION DEVICE!

Unison Research S6 SE

Just goes to show, I tried out a Unison Research S6, not the SE version and I thought it was frankly poor, dull, lacking in detail, dynamics. All these opinions are system, particularly speaker dependent and ear of course.

I still say, I have heard nothing to match the Dartzeel integrated. I had a chance to hear the Devaliet amp recently, with the Dartzeel next door. It's an amp that is flavour of the month at the moment. Yes it was good, the Dartzeel clearly better.

David, I agree. To my ears, I've tried Musical Fidelity Nu-Vista M3 and Ayre AX-7e with the Usher Dancer Mini 2 and none of them gave me satisfactions as what the Unico S6 SE offers.

I've had some good ones and enjoyed each of them immensely. Integrateds at various price points and for specific purposes i.e.:system matching, in no particular order: McIntosh MA2275 (not awesome), BAT VK300X SE (very good), Cary SLI80 F1 (twice, lush and euphonic depending on tubes), Naim Supernait (not bad, punchy but a little grainy at times), Shindo Apetite (very cool with the right speakers, trumped Leben et al), VAC Sigma 160i (incredibly rich and detailed, more versatile than any other tube integrated I've owned) and a Nagra 300i (OMG, nothing I've heard even comes close!!!). I've demoed ASR, Boulder, Mcintosh solid state, etc.

BUT....there is no best.