Hello Sovkiller,

Integrated amplifiers are fairly rare birds these days. NAD has been building quality stereo integrateds for years now.

I wouldn't worry about having Class A circuitry. It's extremely wasteful power-wise, as about 80% of the energy used is wasted in heat since the output devices remain on all the time. Well designed Class A/B amplifiers have inaudible distortion and the era of "notch" distortion ended years ago.

Likewise, a tuner chip costs the manufacturer a few cents and its presence doesn't degrade audio performance. If you look for stereo receivers, you will have greater choice. Harman/Kardon builds a couple of reasonable well-equipped stereo receivers with phono stages and subwoofer outputs:

http://www.harmankardon.com/EN-US/Products/Pages/ProductCompare.aspx

Axiom sells Sherwood Newcastle, whose amplifier stages are very robust. The RX-770 stereo receiver will even drive our 4-ohm M80 towers without overheating or shut-down problems.

http://www.axiomaudio.com/sherwood_rx770.html

It's $299 including delivery.

Regards,

Alan Lofft,
Axiom Resident Expert (Retired)