Integrated Amplifier for horn speakers

[silverfoxvtx1800]

I am making a big change in my system, instead of separates I am looking for the best integrated possible that has a dac built in streamer built it would be great but I can live without.. my horn speakers are 99 db efficient…no tubes amps…
Anyone out there with horn speakers?

 

[Bones13]

I don’t have horns, but I do use speakers rated at 95db. Ah, and you are even nearby, the PNW is really such an audiophile oriented part of the country compared to Mobile, AL. There is a ton of used gear in the various audio shops in the Seattle area. Look at the used/demo sections of the Gig Harbor Audio, Hawthorne Stereo (Roosevelt), Seattle HiFi (Redmond), and Definitive Audio (Bellvue). I know the first 3 have a good website, with used listings, Just learning about Definitive.

What are your preferences, and any sort of budget?

 

[Mike]

We sell this. I would do this in a second. Only tubes in the preamp section.

Advance Paris A-i130 Nova Integrated Amplifier

Advance Paris Nova The NOVA A-I130 is based on the conviction that nothing replaces the warmth of a tube for reproducing vibrant music. The ECC81 tube preamp stage introduces a harmonic richness that transistors alone cannot provide—a depth of soundstage, a visceral presence of sound. But warmth...

advanceparisusa.com

 

[Michaels HiFi]

I'm am obsessed with horn speakers and have tried dozens of components and speakers.

The Advance is a nice one.

There is also a unit I talked about which frankly is STUPID good and was far better than I ever expected it to be.

 

[silverfoxvtx1800]

Hello Bones,
I have sorta of a story how I ended up in this stage of my HIFI journey…I went through all that fun stuff many dacs, preamps, tube, solid state gear and cables everywhere, and it was a blast with highs and lows and probably good for my brain at 73 to keep everything working lol. So about 8 months ago I ended up with a expensive dac with a built in streamer and volume control that I preferred hooking straight to my Pass Labs XA-25 amp to the horn speakers which retail for 15k..a hybrid horn with a 15 inch woofer. So I get the first one and it never played right out of the box I get an error on the screen, so they airlifted me a new one. It sounded great life was good sorta took the edge off the sorta forward midrange and tweeter of the horn..a few months go by and it happened again that error on the dacs screen dead in the water..I loved this dac, so here we go again I get another new one lol..so on number 3 now…oh my god I must be nuts ..so a couple weeks ago the third one has a software problem with the volume going crazy..my dealer is a great guy he just sent me a check for a refund of the exact amount I paid..so here I am using the Naim Uniti Atom I stole from my wife’s art studio…I need something a little better for sure and she wants it back..
So with a huge hole in my system it’s time to do something different, find a amp with a built in dac that is horn friendly at 99 db efficient or get rid of the horn speakers and start over with different speakers and a all in one amp/dac..I can live with a separate streamer just want it to be wife friendly if I come and go at the same time first lol…we listen to selected electronic music like Monolink, Bob Moses , Rufus DU SOL…just want to have something non fatiguing for all day listening…and we stream only…
Budget…keep current speakers $10k or less for a all in one amplifier, start over with amp and speakers 20k$
Thanks