Name your favorite Integrated Tube Amplifier & why?

@decooney  Denada. 

Rogers High Fidelity will let you try his with an In-Home Trial. The "new" used one on ebay in is what I mean. You can call ’em on the telly. I had my one modified to use KT170"s. Yum yum.

That begs the question of what else can yah try before yah buy? As I already mentioned Accuphase would be another. 

BAT (Balanced Audio Technology) is another but I don’t know how many watts you may need? 

The bigger Pathos Hybrids look to be all that too but I have never heard one. 

Aries Cerat Genus Integrated would be my A#1 choice but that would cause trouble with the misses and maybe my lower back too.  

Original Audio Note Meishu Line (non-Tonemaster) is an all-time favorite - really an exceptional component and is 300b excellence. They sell for $5-$6K super rare. GL with this one.

Audiomat Opera Reference. French small batch hand made EL-34 based integrated. Audiomat amps sound like no other as they have a weight and low-end definition that I've never experienced before. I use an Audiomat Solfege Reference (6550) amp today at our vacation house and its special; 40 watts x 2 100% Class A magic.

Margules i-240 is another EL34 baed amp from Mexico that I've heard and will be next up for me but to be used with more efficient speakers. Just a beautiful amp in every way.

There are more but these are all real-world priced albeit not easy to get your hands on. Worth the hunt though. Just my experience.

Hi

If you can get one, a David Berning ZH-270 would be very hard to beat for the money and although not new any more they are ultra reliable.

A few years ago I decided to try my first tube amp after 40+ years as a SS guy. I wanted to keep it simple for the first dip, so I went with an integrated. After test driving a few, I wound up with Ayon Spirit III. I am hooked. It sounds great with my speakers, Silverline Sonata II. Speakers are claimed by mfg as 8 ohm, and 93 dB sensitivity, so they are an easy load. Amp is switchable from pentode to triode, and I mostly run it in triode (45 wpc).  Tube complement is 4x KT150 + 2x 5814 + 4x 5693 RCA Reds.

I auditioned several tube integrateds in the price range, not all in my system, including Rogue Cronus Magnum and the older Tempest II, Primaluna, Line Magnetic, and ARC.  VTL was on my list, but I couldn't find one to try out.

I'm very pleased with the Ayon Spirit III and recommend it highly.

audio note UK Meishu, Jinro, Tomei and Ongaku.

all brilliant integrated amplifiers.  Meishu is 300b.  The others are 211 based.  I use the Ongaku with JBL 4367 speakers.  Brilliant!