Nad M33 or something better

hegels are used by kef at shows, and i would suggest they do this for good reason, sonically....

+1 @jjss49  I was going to suggest checking out the Hegel integrated amps.  They have a very high damping factor which matters to some speakers esp. in bass reproduction.  Hegel is a relative good bang for the buck.  Not sure how many hours you have on your lovely KEFs but speakers will have more bass presence after they are fully run in.  Enjoy and Cheers

Hegel gets a lot of love here these days but it’s far from the only fish in the sea and not without its own unique flaws, at least in some cases from what I read, mainly with the digital implementation and overall comparative value.

If you do some homework the m33 looks very good in both regards. I have auditioned m33 and my findings to date are consistent with what I read.

I was going to go with an m33 about 2 years ago but ended up trying a Cambridge Evo 150 first, which saved me a nice chunk of change. The m33 would still be a reasonable step up in terms of overall drive capability but I decided I didn’t need the room correction capabilities at this time and the Cambridge offered usb input out of the can which I needed at the time and came in for $2.5K less.

+1 to the add sub consensus 

Great comments guys.

Thanks for all the input..