If I like sound of Ayre Integrated I would Like...

Dkzzz You seem to have such all encompassing experience. Why would one with such knowledge need help in selecting a mid priced integrated?

Dkzzzz, the Jeff Rowland Design Group Continuum 500 meets all your criteria.

Dave

Thank you Dave I am looking into JR. It bites at the price point ,but I might score some on Ebay.

>>the Jeff Rowland Design Group Continuum 500 meets all your criteria<<

Nope.

At $8800 it's about $8000 too bloated. We need to be at a much lower price level without any lip flopping.

Oh, and it can't be a hedious design either.

Audiofeil, price can't be helped, unless you belong to Our Holy Church Of Wishful Thinking, but if you are experiencing unsightly flopping of lower lip, that mildly upsetting problem can be easily corrected by simple surgical restiching procedure on the detached phrenulum.