UPDATE:
Ended up not going with the Pass Labs...maybe somewhere down the road. Decided to stick with Musical Fidelity and simply sold my M6i Integrated and purchased a demo M6 500i while keeping my M6CD/DAC. Wow!!! What a difference over the M6i. Very happy so far. Finding myself listening to my music at much louder levels. The M6i was good but seemed to struggle with my inefficient speakers at higher volumes....not a problem with the M6 500i. It's a beast and even sounds great at lower volumes. Really amazing integrated if you're needing HT bypass and power to drive inefficient speakers.
System:
Musical Fidelity M6 500i Integrated
Musical Fidelity M6CD DAC
Usher BE-718 DMD speakers on Tyler Acoustic custom stands
Earthquake Supernova 12 Subwoofer
Acoustic Zen Satori speaker Cables
Acoustic Zen Silver Reference XLR
AppleTV
DH Labs Toslink Optical
Anthem MRX 500 Receiver
PS3
Ended up not going with the Pass Labs...maybe somewhere down the road. Decided to stick with Musical Fidelity and simply sold my M6i Integrated and purchased a demo M6 500i while keeping my M6CD/DAC. Wow!!! What a difference over the M6i. Very happy so far. Finding myself listening to my music at much louder levels. The M6i was good but seemed to struggle with my inefficient speakers at higher volumes....not a problem with the M6 500i. It's a beast and even sounds great at lower volumes. Really amazing integrated if you're needing HT bypass and power to drive inefficient speakers.
System:
Musical Fidelity M6 500i Integrated
Musical Fidelity M6CD DAC
Usher BE-718 DMD speakers on Tyler Acoustic custom stands
Earthquake Supernova 12 Subwoofer
Acoustic Zen Satori speaker Cables
Acoustic Zen Silver Reference XLR
AppleTV
DH Labs Toslink Optical
Anthem MRX 500 Receiver
PS3