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Integrated amp with HT bypass for Focal Electra 1008 Be
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[quote=DenizPiri]Hi!
I would suggest either the Hegel amp, or a Musical Fidelity amplifier.
The others you mentioned are not as good-sounding.
The beryllium tweeter is ultra revealing and you want as quiet and nuanced an amp as you can find.
I agree with commsysman, Hegel or MF would be great. I also like the Ayre Acoustic Ax-7e as you don’t need a huge amount of power to drive them well and Ayre makes an amazing power amp.
For your Focal Electra 1008 speakers, I would highly consider the following integrated amps :
* Hegel H360, H300 or H160 as you mentioned above (ranging from around $3500 to around $5500 or $5700.
* Classe Sigma 2200i integrated ($5500).
* McIntosh MA7900 or MA6900 or MA5900 ranging from around $6k to $7kish.
* Musical Fidelity M6i ($3k) and M5i ($2k).
* Rotel RA-1592 ($2500).
* Parasound Halo Integrated as you mentioned above ($2500).
* Ayre Ax-7e.
* Audio Research Foundation series integrated amp. I think it's around $9k if I'm not mistaken. The Foundation series is a newer and entry level series offerings from Audio Research.
* Rogue Audio Pharaoh integrated ($3500).
* Rogue Audio Sphinx integrated ($1400).
* Simaudio Evolution integrated amps.
Give a listen to as many integrated amps as possible on your speakers.
I would like to add to your lists some other good or rather great integrated amps esp for the money :
* Roksan Black Integrated and K3 integrated. But not sure if these have HT bypass or not.
* Rega Elicit-R. Again not sure if this has HT bypass or not.
* Krell Vanguard integrated amp. I think this one might have HT bypass.
I would also look into Exposure integrated units.
Here is a list of Integrated Amps with HT Bypass. It was very helpful for me when shopping for mine.
http://audiophile.no/en/articles-tests-reviews/item/426-amplifiers-with-processor-input