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

The Gato Amp 150 is their top of the line...it is Class AB, lower rated power than the 250 or 400, and has no DAC and no Streamer...but it sounds incredible ( I've had one the past 7 years)...

Thanks, @jl35 i am trying to convince myself that i have space for the 150 — it has plenty of power for my needs — with a separate streamer & DAC, but I’m just not sure i do.  

 

@easystreamer ​​@mitchellman1 I will look into those Simaudios! Thanks.  

The original 150 and the newer 150AE are sonically identical...(I was told this by Gato and was mentioned in a few reviews)...

I had a Hegel Rost, 390 and Musical Fidelity in my system for test.  When I collapse to integrated  in the coming years it will likely be one of those 2. 

I recently purchased a PS Audio Stellar Strata MK2. $3,500. It's here in my office where the space is small. It does everything I want my second system setup to do. It has received good reviews Designed and made in Boulder, CO.

https://www.psaudio.com/products/stellar-strata-mk2