Wyred 4 Sound or Peachtree audio

Currently running a pair of Wyred4sound SX1000's driving Magnepan 3.3/r's and couldnt be happier.

They replaced some rogue tube gear, and while not tubey in that tubey happy distortion way, they make the magnepan's sing. That there is effertless and ample power means to me that the speakers are never wanting for power.

The rest of the system is Cullen modded PSAudio GC200 preamp ,Modded GCPH phono, Musical fidelity Dac and squeezebox or ID player.

I dont think that the amps are holding anything else back from the source, and they effortlessly drive the maggies. Ive run moderate power tubes, more esoteric solidstate, and to me the W4S with more power than I need has been a better match.

Maybe a stupid large tube amp might be good, but that isnt in the budget any time soon.,

Just purchased the new Wyred ST1000 mk2 for my Maggies, sweet.

I've got the Peachtree Grand Integrated X-1 (440wpc) powering Wilson Benesch Arcs...obviously not as demanding a load, but the amp previously had to drive some 84dB sensitivity B&W and those were harder to drive and the Grand pushed them beautifully. I've never owned W4S stuff, but read great things about it. I also have an Audio Research tube integrated in another room, using EH6550 tubes, and I've done some side-by-side comparisons just for kicks and in a blind test I don't think I could tell the Peachtree apart from the Audio Research, other than that the Peachtree can get much louder. That the Peachtree sounds every bit as good as the Audio Research says a lot about how far Class D amps have come, and how good they sound relative to class A/B amps, at least in my case. I bet either way, Peachtree or W4S, those Maggies would absolutely sing.

Just caught the other part of your question - about fewer components. That was my goal too - I like that the Grand has a built in ESS9018 DAC with asynch USB, makes my system so simple, just one device for pre, amp, and DAC, fewer cables, less space needed, less heat. I know W4S makes the same kind of fully integrated components, I think it's a great trend. I'm in Arizona, and in summertime it's too hot to have lots of components throwing off heat. Simple is so nice.