Is there a better all-in-one streamer/DAC/Integrated Amp under USD 5K?


For driving a pair of small, 4 ohm 86 dB speakers (DALI Menuet SE) for a small to medium size room at low to moderate SPLs, is there a Roon Ready,  all-in-one streamer/DAC/Integrated Amp under USD 5K that is likely to perform sonically  better than the Gato DIA 250S NPM?

kirkwallace

Thanks @rick_n  i knew i was being a bit unfair in the wording, but I figured to keep it very open ended so people could use their own subjective sense of what they think is good/better.  I think there is a Hegel dealer near by; so i will try to hear that; A/B is of course tempting

A thank you @lanx0003 both the RS520 and Naim Uniti Nova seemed like contenders. Some reviews noted the RS520 sound as a bit “dry” though and that gave me pause.  (I don’t know anywhere i could go to hear it for myself.) The Gato uses Pascal amp modules and I’m very tempted by those.

Does anybody have views on the Naim Nova?

 

 

I have a NAIM Uniti Atom. I ran Vandersteen Treo CT in a fairly large room. Full range floor-stander 87 db. It now runs Apogee Centaur- Minor. The AB NAIM amps are imo noteworthy for being musical - certainly not dry or etched.!it is ROON ready and the NAIM app is quite stable and good. If you want more power and features move up the line w 2 models above the Atom,

best in music to you

jim

Would new speakers make more sense? Something like Fyne Audio or Klipsch with higher sensitivity/easier to drive