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In Reply to: RE: A quality integrated everything in one small box. Does it exist? posted by AbeCollins on December 13, 2016 at 16:00:39
ARC GSi75 is about as close as you will get. Integrated amp with built in DAC, phono stage, head-phone amp. 75 watts/channel and it has a remote! And it is tube or mostly so.
No Roon.
I am sure there are others. Problem is most audiophiles don't want a one-box solution.
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Problem is most audiophiles don't want a one-box solution.
Probably true for a main setup but an all-in-one single-box solution would be ideal for an office or a smaller listening room.
Inmate PAR posted about a system from Niam that should be here next year.
Agreed. Perfect for a second system in the office, second home, etc.
Or when one gets tired of all the 'stuff'.
Only thing is that little new Naim all-in-one will probably be around $4K in the USA and I would imagine that that plus the cost of suitable speakers may be too much for a second or office system for many folk. After all it is nearly the price of a decent interconnect ;-)
I suspect that for most of the purchasers it will be the heart of their main system particularly in its home country. After all our main rooms are typically the size of many American spare rooms and for anyone with property built here over the last thirty years, smaller.
$4K USD? Ouch! I was thinking about half that price with everything built-in.
I think NuForce has a DAC/Integrated amp combo but no streaming capability. Others make DACs that can stream but no amp built in.
I want it ALL, and I want it reasonably priced. ;-)
"$4K USD? Ouch! I was thinking about half that price with everything built-in."
You wanted quality, no? Circa $4k is reasonably priced. Before the pound crashed it would have been reaching towards $5K. To put it in perspective Naim's cheapest integrated amp (no other facilities except headphome jack) would eat up most of your $2K.
OK you can have it for 2 grand as this is, after all, a Christmas fantasy :-). But it will be third world built and have no backup.
For that kind of money you will have to add to the list 'made in China'.
$4K for the Naim unit is a steal. If it sounds good. The ARC is around $18K.
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