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Super integrated vs equivalent +$$ for new main system

Just upgraded my main speaker and would like to upgrade the overall setup, room is a 20’’x30’’, listening to variety of music from jazz, vocals, classic, and a bit of pop. Speaker are M30.2XD and a Rel T7i, Streaming only, Qobuz mainly, and might add a tt later on. I have a lfd and qutest laptop in an other room with the P3s, main was a Uniti atom. Tried the lfd IV with the m30, sweet mids but lack on the lower and composure, dont want to go with a ncse as there is no remote and want something simple. From those of you who did these upgrade. Is it better to go for a super integrated, (thinking of 1: Audio Gold Is 1000 deluxe(150w- 2: Naim nova 80w) or going separate + fuss with cable, keeping qutest, going with a Auralic Aries G1 to stream, and choose an integrated amp class AB, ( choice I looked at and listen to 1: Supernait 3 $, 2: Luxman 507ux ii $$) luxman would stretch my budget but would be a keeper, I prefer a limited number of box if that is possible
nicolascb
whipsaw
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Gotta love the way Harbeth calls these "easy to drive" even though at 85dB they are virtually impossible to drive. Then someone "on a budget" pays good money only to learn sorry, forget about all the awesome integrated amps, these need a couple hundred watts to sound good.


@millercarbon

200w for Harbeth 30.x series speakers to sound good? How on earth do you come up with that? Surely you've never owned a pair.
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hudsonhawk
137 posts
 
I went through a similar search recently and landed on the Aesthetix Mimas which I highly recommend. Absolutely musical and holographic.
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yogiboy
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This McIntosh MA-5300 is worth looking into!
https://www.musicdirect.com/integrated-amp/McIntosh-MA5300-Integrated-Amplifier
brianbiehs
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The M30.2 has a an impedance curve that is nearly identical to the speakers I own, the Shl5+. In my experience, they don't need a ton of watts to sound good. I drive them with a low watt class A integrated and they sound amazing. The only limitation of my setup is that they don't play into the 90dB range with the same clarity. I didn't buy them for this reason and it seems from your post that you didn't either. The Luxman puts out 110W/8ohm and I bet would sound fantastic.
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