Best Integrated, period.

01-03-13: Tpreaves

01-03-13: Melbguy1
Steve, you don't seriously rank your Sansui as the best integrated amplifier period? And sure not ahead of the Vitus?

So what if he does? It's his opinion and it's just as valid as yours or anyone else's.

I do apologize for challenging Steve's comment. As they say, ignorance is bliss..

Anyone heard the Diavalet? I guess it's not an integrated in quite the same sense as most of the others mentioned here, but I am very curious about it.

There are about twenty companies globally producting integrated amps. Best? No such thing. The SS integrateds that are at the top of the game are from Gamut, Dartzeel, Sim Audio, Luxman, Accuphase, Musical Fidelity, Gryphon,
Vitus, Coda, and Hegel. The new Levinson integrated is forthcoming in late Spring and Rowland is considering puttting back out an improved Continuum 500 by the end of the year.

"producing"...

Just spoke to the Jeff Rowland Group. They confirmed their new integrated amp will be released this April and will be called the Continuum Series Two, and not the Continnum 500.
Specs are not available but Brandon at Rowland mentioned last year it will have the same power output.