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Is there any streamer/integrated competitor to NAD C-388 w/BluOS2i MDC?

With the BluOS2i MDC module, the C-388 essentially becomes a very high-power Bluesound PowerNode2i with 4 (A-B switchable) speaker outs. Besides NAD’s other streamer/integrated (M32, that doesn’t have A-B capability), is there any other brand offering the all-in-one features of C-388?
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everest_audio
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Every current Hegel integrated amplifier has streaming capabilities via its Ethernet input and third party apps such as BubbleUPnP. On the budget side, Marantz has a new two channel receiver that has streaming capabilities via wifi or Ethernet and their HEOS app which is a competitor to Bluesound. There are definitely others out there as well.
kren0006
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marantz nr1200
integra dtm-7
denon dra800h
yamaha r-n803

all significantly less expensive than the nad
kren0006
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The models I listed of course are all less than half the price of the nad, so whether one considers them competitors at the price point is subjective, I suppose.  Just pointing out models with the feature sets. 

I'm not as familiar with offerings in the $1.5k to $2.5k price range but, also interested to see what others suggest  
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