Best integrated for my purposes - help me choose 1 of 3!

To answer a couple questions:

Tubes...  I'm all for tubes but only in specific applications.  I've been building guitar tube amps for the past 10 years all PTP.  I've yet to cross over into HiFi building (save for a bottlehead headphone amp kit).  My current thought is this:  tube preamp section / SS power section is the way to go.  All tubes in the signal chain tend to warm things up too much IMO.  BTW, i've run across old Fender tube amps with the tubes still chugging along.  NOS tubes last a heck of a long time - that is, unless an audiophile comes along and has a tube rolling hobby (*guilty too!*  :)  ).  
  
I have no doubt that the Blackhawk sounds stellar.  My bias with this choice is cost.  You don't need to spend $4k on a PTP wired amp.  I'm quite happy exploring assembly, soldering, component placement and tube rolling from a DIY perspective.  I've 'stuffed' a few circuit boards (guitar pedals, haggermann phono stage) and it's a PITA.  So, i'd rather pay for this type of assembly.  So, just a personal preference.  

Interesting views on the Yamaha vs Parasound.  The Yamaha is a stellar choice but as someone mentioned the transformer change in this model year...  I know from the amp building that this is a major foundational aspect of the design.  Not sure any of the reviews floating around are valid anymore.  This will introduce change for sure.  

The parasound ticks all the boxes and I just recently talked with Mr. Weinhardt :).  We'll see!   

Interesting views on the Yamaha vs Parasound. The Yamaha is a stellar choice but as someone mentioned the transformer change in this model year... I know from the amp building that this is a major foundational aspect of the design. Not sure any of the reviews floating around are valid anymore. This will introduce change for sure.  

The parasound ticks all the boxes and I just recently talked with Mr. Weinhardt :). We'll see!  

 
When I owned the original Hint it had quite loud transformer hum that also made its way into the speaker outputs. That was before I discovered some DC offset on my mains. Unless they’ve changed something about the power supply I’d be weary, maybe send an inquiry to Mr. Schram before making the purchase.

In the short time since Yamaha switched to toroids in the new X200 series, I’ve encountered a few owners complaining of hum. The remedy was an AVA Humdinger. The outgoing X100 series didn’t have this problem. If I were in your boat, I’d search for a new-old-stock 2100. They’ve been closing them out for prices closer to original MSRP of the 1100. I highly doubt the new ones sound any better by real-world metrics and the EI transformer is an advantage IMO.

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@helomech Parasound HINT Halo-Integrated thus the Hint6 is in the Halo line.

I understand that, but they don’t use the same quality of parts throughout the entire Halo line. As you go higher up WITHIN the Halo line, the parts quality improves. The JC2 preamp for example, has much higher quality parts than the preamp section of the Hint.