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Recommend Affordable Integrated Amps (Solid State or Tube)

Looking for an affordable, good sounding integrated amp costing no more than $3500. It must be able to play CDs and Vinyls as well as digital music from iTunes (some 30,000 songs) stored in AIFF format. Currently have an Accuphase E 307 integrated amp  using Kimber Kable interconnects and speakers cables with jumpers. Current speakers are KEF Q700. Analog is Linn Basic with an Akito tone arm and Rega Exact 2 Cartridge. CD player id a Marantz 5004. I listen mainly to jazz, R&B, Pop, world, etc. at moderate listening volumes. Room size is about 17 x 24 feet with 8 foot ceiling.
Would love to have suggestions. 
  
joscow
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simao
656 posts
 
+1 for the Parasound. They make good stuff and the Halo is legendary
genesis777
59 posts
 
Musical Fidelity M3si, 5 or 6 depending on what level of power you want
irrenarzt
14 posts
 
Look at the Peachtree Nova300.  I have one and it is a quality sounding amp for the money.  My room is approximately the same size, and I can easily go into volumes that are far too loud to enjoy with no distortion.  My main use is feeding a bunch of FLAC/ALAC and AIFF files into the amp via USB through Swinsian on my mac mini, and it sounds great.  I plan to upgrade speakers at some point, but I am currently running a set of Motion 40's that double as my fronts in a 7.1 home theater system.  The Nova300 does double duty in my HT setup via home theater bypass, but I could easily live without this if I had a second set of speakers for the fronts.
johnto
183 posts
 
Another happy Parasoung Halo owner great sound has everything.
joscow OP
19 posts
 
irrenartz,

Thanks. Will consider.
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