Amp for the Warefdale Evo


Looking for an integrated to power my Evo 4.2s. Currently I have some older equipment in rotation. An Arcam a19 acting as a preamp with a Arcam p25 powering the speakers. I have a bluesound Node2i as well as a chord mojo for streaming and dac use. I do play vinyl from time to time so a solid phono would be a plus but not a deal breaker if it wasn’t included. I could always add an external phono later. The only other amp I have tried was the Arcam sa20 since I do enjoy the Arcam sound but the combination was much to laid back and added too much warmth to the already smooth Wharfedales. Surprisingly the a19 and p25 sounds much more open and airy but I feel like I could benefit from a more detailed amp to find a common ground with the warm Wharfedales. They do seem to like plenty of high current power. My budget is around $2000 and I have medium size room. I mainly listen to folk, singer, songwriter stuff but I do like to get my toes tapping to some pop on occasion.

 

Amps I have been thinking about:

 

Music Fidelity m3si

Cambridge CXA81

Rega elex

Hegel

Rogue Sphinx v3

Yahama 1200 or 801

Peachtree 150

Audiolab 6000a

cfosselman

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Alright, I've boiled down the list to the MF M6si, the Belles Aria integrated,  and the Rogue Sphinx v3. Any front runners in your eyes? 

Thanks Douglas. I took a look at the Legacy and it's impressive indeed. I see there are also Belles monoblocks for sale on the site that, with a pre could be significantly cheaper, but as you said that Legacy is sweeet!