Integrated Amplifier Recommendations Needed

@yogiboy The Belles Aria has very good tonality/coherence and musical flow that most budget amplifiers lack. Had my sister’s audio gear when she was in the process of moving. Had 3 amplifiers on hand...my current Esoteric A 03/C 03 previously used a Valve Audio Predator and her Belles Aria. The Aria was taxed driving my Focus Audio FS 8 speakers that have a claimed 91db sensitivity with 4ohm/3ohm minimum. What I have read is the Focus Audio FS 8 has a very difficult phase shift that my Esoteric and Predator were never taxed although the Predator lost liquidity at higher volume. My point is specs can be very misleading which means a demo is almost a necessity when unsure about amp/speaker synergy.

Hegel integrated amps are best suited for Home Theater applications.

JBL L112 should get vintage Sansui. An AU-9500 or AU-6600. A 9500 can be found under $2K and a 6600 less than $1K. Those two would be epic,... just my opinion. 

Echo Audio has a Primare i32 integrated with the add on streamer that would be great for your situation. I believe it’s about $1495 so well under your budget. 120 wpc.(no, I don’t work for them, I just saw it on their website earlier today)

https://echohifi.com/details/14517/Primare_i32

If you can find an Audiomat of any kind I would grab it.  I have owned an Audiomat Arpege integrated tube amplifier for more than 25 years and an Audiomat Prelude Reference MKII for over 20 years.  They each have had only one Repair and it was to the volume knob, an inexpensive Repair.  If you read reviews they tend to be glowing.  Audiomat is not particularly well known in the US which is most unfortunate because it performs well above its price point, is attractive and sounds exceptionally good.

@dayglow

" My point is specs can be very misleading which means a demo is almost a necessity when unsure about amp/speaker synergy."

How does one do that when buying used? Just curious.

I used that Belles driving my easy load Harbeth HL5s and it came damn close to my tube separates. It is an old school integrated without all the bells and whistles. A think it would be perfect match with those vintage JBLs!!