Best Integrated, period.

Styxtrekr, I knew that the Exemplar Exception integrated amp would be at the RMAF but just learned that the exemplaraudio.com page is complete now.

krell fbi for ss and mc2275 for tube.

VAC 160i

Devialet 170

Best two integrateds :

AM audio excellence line
Analog domain new ISIS

Regarding dacs used to hear the Hegel 200,300
We did not use the Hegel internal dac ,it is decent but the Meitner Ma-1
We used is in another catagory.the sonic balance I described is accurate.
The only thing I am doing next is buying a balanced set of MIT -HD23
Interconnects which are excellent to see how much better XLR cables sound on the Hegel.
One guy said it is the ticket for best sound on the Hegel .make sure the
Other dac, or player is fully balanced down stream to reap the benefits.