Thanks for your response.
No, there is no way, in real life, that I can check the synergy between one of those two amps and Ascendo C8. I own a pair of Ascendos and I appreciate them immensely but I would like to get some tube flavor in my system. I know that separates are safer way to get better sounds (but also more complicated and expensive); it seems that these amps are nicely done and that their preamp section is also good (I think that in many integrated amps nowadays manufacturers are making compromises on preamp sections).
No, there is no way, in real life, that I can check the synergy between one of those two amps and Ascendo C8. I own a pair of Ascendos and I appreciate them immensely but I would like to get some tube flavor in my system. I know that separates are safer way to get better sounds (but also more complicated and expensive); it seems that these amps are nicely done and that their preamp section is also good (I think that in many integrated amps nowadays manufacturers are making compromises on preamp sections).