Integrated with Built In Streamer

I only listened to one for a short period of time at a hifi shop, but I would give some consideration to the Parasound Hint 6.

The only integrateds I've owned with a built in DAC are Peachtree's Nova 300 and Grand X1.  Of the two, I thought the Grand X1 was more neutral and sounded better, even though it's an older unit.

The Strata is $800 over budget and the only streaming it does is UPnP. Just about any of them do that and more to much more. Except for the lowly BlueSound. No UpnP for it.

Those speakers require quite a bit of power. Nothing weak.

I don't think there is going to be much under 2500 that is going to play those maggies well. You need high current 100-150 watts for those I hear.

I have had the same question for myself. My choices though were more resctricted since I needed / wanted a room correction system given the nature of my listening room. And i did want roon capable. and a reasonable wattage (>= 100 W); like yourself 2.5 K budget.

With those criteria an extensive search resulted in:

Nad M10 (mixed reviews)

Nad M33 (great reviews but out of budget)

NAD 399 (just announced, very promising on paper)

Lyngdorf TDAI 3400 (glowing reviews but well out of bdget; I am also considering a used TDAI 2200 + external streamer)

Arcam SA30 (very bad reviews, lots of issues)

I'll wait to listen to the NAD 399 and then pick up either that or a Lyngdorf solution.

My 2c, enjoy.

M.