Anyone tried out Vincent Audio Intergrated?

Ok,that's very good to know. I didnt mean to impugn it; I just had some reservations. Thank you for removing most of them for me. :)

The Vincent 150 wpc hybrid power amp was considered THE sub $1K amp (at the time) in the TAS review. That was around 5 years ago.

Nothing stands still. I recommend you listen to a Marantz PM8004 integrated amp (with built-in phono stage, no less) at $999 list before you buy anything near this price list. It's rated at 70 wpc but you really need to hear it. I've never heard a $999 amp power a $12.5K pair of speakers (Sonus Faber Cremona M) the way these did.

Since you're using a subwoofer in your system (per your system link), you might consider the HK 990 integrated amp at $1500-$2000, new on-line. It's unique AFAIK in that it combines a terrific 150WPC Matt Otala (Citation, Electrocompaniet) designed power amp section with digital x-over/room correction capability. IME, it's hard to beat the digital domain approach to subwoofer integration and, if you're feeling purist and/or analog, you can defeat the DSP (losing the subwoofer, though) at the touch of a remote.

Good Luck

Marty