Help chosing an integated amp

@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?

The Boulder 866 is a superb integrated. I highly recommend an audition. If you like it be sure to get the DAC option as it is fantastic. Good luck!

we have a huge selection of integrated amplifiers 

the unison research hybrids are very magical

so is the krell k300i 

the coda csib is a very unique amplifier it can be switched from a 150 watt class ab  amplifier all the way to a 400 watt class ab amplifier the amount of class A power goes up or down depending on the bias setting

the coda csib is an incredible deal the amplifier is exactly the same .8 amplifier which sells for nearly the same amount of money as the integrated so it is like getting a free preamp 

Dave and Troy

Audio intellect nj

dealer for unison,krell, codaand many other integrateds.

Everyone is going to recommend what they found worked for them. I’ll tell you with no reservation that you HAVE to try the product with your speakers to know if the specific synergy is there. I, like you try to buy used so I can take my time listening with the option of reselling with little or no loss. USAM has no seller fees btw. I tried 5 or 6 different amp/pre-int’s on my speakers and 1 int specifically made the speakers wake up and sound great! When those speakers got old and I replaced them the int that was so magical with the last speakers didn’t have the same effect on the new speakers.

Of your 2 options I would def expect the mufi to be the safe choice because they have a good rep, are more likely to make you happy and if not should resell pretty quick if the synergy isn't there. What speakers are you driving?