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Opinions on best integrated under 10k?

Father Christmas has been early and left me a very sizable bonus check!
So time to spend it before the other half can....

Looking at building another system but thinking of just a very high power integrated amp.
Wish list...
200w or more.
Balanced inputs
Digital inputs
Phono inputs

A quick look shows items like McIntosh ma7900 and Mark levinson ml585 which both seem to fulfill all or the majority of my wants.
Sure there are others.
So thoughts and any current or previous owners of suitable candidates please chime in
Thank you in advance
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uberwaltz OP
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Joey54.



Finally found one at a very fair price.

Ayre EX-8 fully pimped out including dac and streaming boards.

On its way to me now, here Friday.

Its going to be great a weekend!
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If all pans out as I hope I am going to be happy indeed.
Funny world as I so nearly pulled the trigger on a Boulder 865 over the weekend but decided its feature set was just as spartan as the ax7e.
This should allow me to replace an amp, dac, streamer and headphone amp with just one box, one HIGH quality box.
Lots more room on the rack, lots less cables and power cords.

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COMPLETELY
ABSOLUTELY
UTTERLY
BLOWN AWAY!

I never imagined the ex8 would be SO much better than the ax7e.

But in every aspect it trounced it, and that is very hard for me to say as I loved the ax7e!

I think I am now in audio nirvana.

Do not disturb!
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uberwaltz

Ayre is doing some incredible things in their designs. I quite enjoy the AX-5 Twenty integrated amp. I never thought about owning an integrated amp over separates?  Happy Listening!
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