Best Integrated Amp Of All Times?

The "best" integrated amp ... the one I have now, as this is it ... no more after this one. I want to go out, er ... "get out," thinking that I couldn't have done any better, given desired and necessary limitations, of course!

Almarro A318B ... hooked up to a new (August 06) Lector 0.6T via Guerrilla silver ICs, and Cain SuperAbbys w/one Bailey via DHLabs double-runs of 14 ga. I'm totally pleased, more than at any time in recent memory ... for a lot less money.

I'm borrowing a friend's Densen DM-10 solid state integrated. 75 wpc into 8 ohms, 80,000mf of capacitance. Great unit with absolutely black background, laser imaging, and oustanding resolution. Sounds like tubes to me, although the amp is extremely revealing of components upstream and of wire. There have been excellent reviews of this integrated over the years, and it certainly impresses me.

I'd say it'd be a great match with speakers that are a bit laid back and have forgiving tweeters.

I can't say it's the best integrated of all time, but it nearly equals the performance of my separates costing 6 times as much.

My pick :

Lavardin IT

From a brief listen, I suspect the ASR Emitter is the best and so it should be at the price. I think I am using 2 of the best at the moment Lavardin IT
Viva Solista 845SET
I am about to take delivery of another top pick, a Karan K180, which is going to replace the IT, I need a bit more output, the only drawback of the IT

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