Help chosing an integated amp

Hi, my advice would be to forget any of those mentioned above and look for a Pass Labs. INT-60.
It is on another level and capable of extracting every last ounce of performance from your speakers. It will generate heat and likely be physically larger than either of the two you've considered, but is superbly built and you won't believe the sound quality whether you play at low volume or giving it the full montey.

I've had Musical Fidelity for over 20 years and extensively modified and upgraded them (and helped others do the same), yet wouldn't draw a parallel with the Pass.

If you're patient you should be able to obtain the Pass second hand for not much more than the new cost of the MF you mentioned.
US built and an excellent company to deal with.

I have the MF M6500i and like it alot. It’s a dual mono design with balanced inputs. My speakers are not hard to drive and I don’t know if yours are. I have to crank it to 70% to get loud sound, 80% is about as loud as my speakers can tolerate or my ears for extended listening. But it does not have much distortion that I can hear. Your speakers are very good, you may want to look for a better amp, like was suggested to do them justice and get the best performance from them.

Did you like the sound of your bridged mono blocks?  Thats how the MF is set up.  Its a 4ch amp running in a bridged dual mono configuation.  If that worked well for you I'd lean towards the MF.   

@scp

sorry, in my earlier post, i missed your mention of your von schweikert speakers... very nice!

Hi, my advice would be to forget any of those mentioned above and look for a Pass Labs. INT-60.

i have the int 60 as well, sonically it is a rather different kettle of fish than the kinki or the mf -- it is also 3x more costly

i am a big fan of papa nelson, but his amps are trying for a different sonic character, more similar to the beloved nuvista/muvista mf amps

Aesthetix Mimas?