Absolutely not! No wayyyyyyy! I cannot imagine a real audiophile using an integrated amp. Your epaulets should be torn off and your sword broken as you're banned from the local audio salon.
You'll have to get rid of a pair of interconnects and you'll also lose a power cord opportunity that could really lock in your system and take it to the next level. Having your preamp section optimally matched to the power amp section isn't all that it's cracked up to be. And don't forget that if you go the integrated route your choices are so much more limited. Off the top of my head I can only think of Krell, Rowland, Mark Levinson, Musical Fidelity, PS Audio, Pathos, Myrad, Plinius, Creek, Rega, YBA, Exposure, DK, ASR, Sim, McIntosh, Classe, Viva, Manley, Arcam, VTL, Electrocompaniet, Tact and Consonance as the only high end brands that even bother to make integrated.
What will your friends say?
You'll have to get rid of a pair of interconnects and you'll also lose a power cord opportunity that could really lock in your system and take it to the next level. Having your preamp section optimally matched to the power amp section isn't all that it's cracked up to be. And don't forget that if you go the integrated route your choices are so much more limited. Off the top of my head I can only think of Krell, Rowland, Mark Levinson, Musical Fidelity, PS Audio, Pathos, Myrad, Plinius, Creek, Rega, YBA, Exposure, DK, ASR, Sim, McIntosh, Classe, Viva, Manley, Arcam, VTL, Electrocompaniet, Tact and Consonance as the only high end brands that even bother to make integrated.
What will your friends say?