Best Integrated, period.

Tvad,

That's my fear as well. I was hoping someone would convince me otherwise.

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Best Integrated Period = If you can find them:

Solid State: Genesis B-200 Stealth 200 Watts per channel Class A monster. The proverbial iron fist in a velvet globe.

Tube: VivA 300P 22 watts perchannel of 300B magic with balls.

Like David12, I'm also very impressed with the Viva Solista. My friend has his paired with 86bd efficient speakers in a decent size room, but his listening is pretty much limited to small ensemble jazz and classical. With speakers rated in the mid 90dbs or better, I suspect the Solista would play any music with world class results.

You could order VAC Phoi BETA 300.1 and have stepped attenuators fitted in the factory. There are two switchable inputs on the back.