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Recommend a non-polite sounding amp / integrated

Looking for a a non-polite sounding amp / integrated. By polite I mean Denon, Musical Fidelity, Arcam. I had Rotel and Adcom and they were harsh. I was thinking about Pass (maybe is just very detailed) or a chip amp. Probably not digital or tube amp.

Integrated is okay as long as it does not have digital volume.

Price under 3K and driving a variety of easy to drive single driver speakers at 70-75dB in a small room.

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tomic601
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Rogue or something w tube rectified power supply so you can roll your desired level of polite. 

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doyle3433
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@tomic601 good idea! Rogue or Cary integrated with tube rectifier stage. Used Cary SLI 80’s pop up all the time.

joey54
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Belles Aria or Belles Aria Signature Integrated amps would probably fit the bill. Also if you want tubes the Quicksilver integrated uses EL84 tubes and sounds great!

corelli
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My apologies for prior post.  I must have had a really bad day at work.  No excuse however.

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fstein
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look at the chifi TI  3255 chip powered amps. Chump change. Astonishing.

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