Hegel H360 vs Separates

I cannot say much on the H360 - only heard it on show rooms and it always shines. Couple of years ago I did try the H20 on its own and along the P20 preamp for about a week or so. I was mightly impressed by the H20 driving Magnepan 1.7. Not sure about the preamp which i think is pretty expensive for the features it gives. Perhaps it is a lateral move from the H360. However I have been told by dealers that the H20 uses higher spec parts than the integrated despite the lower power so that could explain why it sounded so polished. Some folks with the higher up model the H30 match it with tube pre’s. From memory the only thing that the P20/H20 combo didn’t quite achieve for me was a continuous 3d soundstage. However, as sound it was very very good, liquid and very deep and controlled bass. Perhaps with a tube pre it may have worked fine and gain some more soundstage. Little low input impedance though through the XLRs if thats important.

Just for perspective.
I recently "downgraded" from seperates to a Hegel H300, then H160 ( needed headphone capability).
Imho the DAC onboard is very good and I really miss nothing.
The H360 should be even better still.
I honestly do not think you are missing much of anything apart from the flexibility of only needing change one component when upgraditis strikes.....

Thank everyone for their responses! So I made the jump and ordered the separate components. I’ll definitely report back with my findings as soon as everything is nice and broken in!

I have an h360 driving a pair of salon2's and think sometimes if I win the lotto i'll buy the h30 (used) and use my h360 pre and dac.