What do you like about your integrated amp?

Just updated my profile with the Rotel a8 and Dali Oberon 5s I recently added to my current collection. The Rotel weighs 11 pounds and the Dalis 24 something.

@elliottbnewcombjr’s Luxman SQ-N150 is the most refined integrated here I think, since I lived with one for quite some time with Klipsch Heresy IVs and it was just a lovely player all the time. Had excellent trade-in value too when I switched up to the Luxman LX-380 which has become a very rare and elegant machine. Since were all boasting.

Thanks for the many responses/shared experiences/insights/recommendations. 

Yesterday, while exercising I listened to a Grateful Dead podcast where they told a story how their "Wall of Sound" was driven by 48 McIntosh MC2300 solid-state amplifiers, delivering around 29,000 watts to over 600 speakers. Each amp weighed around 130 lbs. 

Many of you mention a challenge created by using an integrated that will be under powering my speakers. I have ProAc d30R that are rated at 89 db, 10-200W, with a generally flat response/neutral sound profile. I think an amp delivering 20-30W could drive the speakers, when paired with a subwoofer, or two.

With that said, mono blocs have been recommended more than once, and that's something I didn't think of. I know about Quicksilver mid-mono blocs. Any other tube-based mono blocs you know of/own?

I have also purchased one of these-

https://xpower.com/shop/a-2-airrow-pro-multipurpose-powered-air-duster/

Thanks again!

David

How about a pair of Benchmark AHB2’s weighing in at 13 lbs each, bridge them to get 380 watts of ultra clean power per channel and BOOM! you have your monoblocks that can drive the toughest loads.

You can carry one per arm when you need to rearrange the room. They run cool and are not class D.

I am in the reverse of your situation. I went from mega-heavy Class A amps to the Benchmark, and now going back to the middle ground with a medium-heavy (50 lbs) AB integrated.

@easystreamer, others

Tell us more about that lightweight pair of Benchmark AHB2 please

https://benchmarkmedia.com/products/benchmark-ahb2-power-amplifier

@parkergetdean ,

Shockingly, that's not a complaint!