integrated help please

If you must have the DAC built into the amp, you will be limiting your choices significantly. I have no Idea what your system is or what you like but if it was me I would get the Ayre 7 series integrated and their 9 series dac. Currently I have Ayre electronics and the sound is very, very good. If you can find a good deal on the BAT integrated, that would be another one I would consider.

Simaudio's Moon 340i has a built in dac. Well reviewed and well under 6000.

As noted above, the Ayre AX-7e is a basic two channel integrated amplifier without many bells and whistles. It is a great sounding amplifier that works with many different speakers. The Ayre AX-7e Integrated amp sounds much better running with balanced inputs and not RCA inputs.

I own the Ayre AX-7e integrated amplifier driving my Sonus Faber Auditor M Speakers in my living room. The music source is the Ayre CX-7eMP CD Player running balanced cables (XLR) to the Ayre amp. My Ayre AX-7e integrated sounds great to my ears. I suggest you give it a listen.

Depends on the system you're using.

The Ayre mentioned above and the Bel Canto are both good choices for a more traditional 'phile set-up.

However, the Harman Kardon HK 990 offers not only an internal DAC, but also room correction and a digital domain x-over for one or two subwoofers. It also features a robust 150wpc power amp section - based on the original Matti Otala Citation design. BTW, Electrocompaniet Ampliwire amps are also based on Otala principles.

If your source material is strictly digital (Tho the HK 990 does include a phono amp, it's clearly optimized for digital sources) and you use subwoofers, this thing offers some really unique functionality.

Anywhere between $1500 to $2000 new.