Are Integrated Amps making a comeback?

[egidius]

I think anything >100 w/p/c is respectable.

I tend to disagree, with the Accuphase E550, i was completely satisfied (30W), that is, until i stumbled upon Berning...
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[egidius]

Would be interesting to read someone who has compared-experience with all the hybrid amps out there, including the ARC and Lamm (appreciate this is not exclusive to integrated).

Cheers
Orb

I had three outstanding IA, the Pathos TT, formerly Twin Towers, which was oh so beautiful in sound and looks, the Einstein "absolute tune", slightly colder but really outstanding in pace and clarity, then the Class A Accuphase E550, which was somehow in between the two, but looked so golden and polished, I could not stand the looks, and anyhow, the Berning ZH270 trumped them all for me.
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