Cheap and good integrated amplifier with DAC

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What price Amir?
Seems the trend from reviews I am reading is "digital" preamp or as you are after the integrated with internal DAC.
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NAD makes some good products that fit the bill starting at $500.
 

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What price Amir?
Seems the trend from reviews I am reading is "digital" preamp or as you are after the integrated with internal DAC.
Cheers
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I am thinking at under $1000 range so that they can play against the AVRs.
 

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Nice little box. I especially like the included Bluetooth.
 

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I am thinking at under $1000 range so that they can play against the AVRs.

Ok no wonder your a bit stumped, that price is probably under in general what is directed at audio hifi segment; as an example I think the latest audiophile Sony/Yamaha/Hegel/Cambridge Audio/etc are about double that price for their latest integrated+DAC.
Definitely some out there as mentioned by a couple, although this is a challenge :)
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Traditional audiophile budget could be such as NAD with their NAD D 3020.
http://www.stereophile.com/content/nad-d-3020-integrated-amplifier
Maybe some of their other entry products also fits close to $1000 as the 3020 is a fair bit under?

Or what I think fits the younger listeners these days could be something like the Naim Mu-so; but that is not the traditional stereo type setup although at least it combines everything including speaker in one integrated product.
The Naim Mu-so is around £850ish over here in the UK, so going to be close or unfortunately a little over but has integrated speakers.
http://www.whathifi.com/naim/mu-so/review

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Thanks guys. Keep it coming as I have never seen a collection of all of these options in one place.
 

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The other NAD that fits the bill is a more traditional amp, the 356BEE. W/the DAC module that has a USB and toslink input, it's about $900.
 

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