High power integrated suggestions please.

I had a brand new MA6900 for 6 months but sold it. I really wanted to love it because it was such a beauty. As you know, they do have very good resale value if you get one and decide to sell. The Audiogoner who bought my 6900 sold it (pretty fast) reporting that it was one dimensional. He purchased a Rogue Audio Cronus followed by a Rogue Audio Tempest II. I also onwed the Plinius 9200 which was superior in every way to the MA6900 (particularly in the midrange which is excellent) In my setup the Mac was also very one-dimensional. Of course, the build quality and beauty of this amp is without question. You can easily be seduced just by looking at it. (that's part of how I ended up buying it) I would not recommend it though based on the sonics I experienced in my setup. In some other setups, and based on other posts I've read, you will need to have the right associated gear to create the synergy to get the best from the MA6900. There are quite a few posters here and elsewhere who really like the Mac so it must be good in certain setups. I just received a new Dussun V8i integrated but have not had a chance to set it up yet. (dual mono) Hyper Class A (whatever that is) 250 per channel and inexpensive -in audiophile terms. (no tone controls) To get equalization, you are going to have to go with a Mac integrated or you can get tone controls on the Accuphase integrateds (which I have great admiration for). You would need to buy used since they are expensive. I love integrateds though. Good luck on your hunt. If your short list only has the MA6900 then it must be because you're looing for tone controls. No many integrateds with those. But for integrateds without tone controls there are quite a few high powered integrateds that should be on your short list. I would look at some of the chinese stuff like Dussun too. They have a 30 day trial; you won't get that on most of the high powered integrateds available at retail, but if you buy used you can always sell it here.

The sound of that 200 watt Consonance Calaf integrated may be great and probably is, but that has to be the most butt-ugly integrated I've ever seen!