Oooohhhh! In my own "we're getting new speakers" excitement I completely forgot about the integrated.
On my first trip to the room someone asked to hear it. Frank swapped it out. I was still settling in to the environment, sitting with a bunch of people you don't know ( I'm pretty introverted, more of a "one on one" type person) in a packed hotel.........It wasn't real critical listening on my part, but going from the top of the line AVA gear to the integrated the only thing that jumped out at me was a little less depth, a little more up front with the sound, someone else commented on the obvious change in dynamics going to 1/3 the power from the 550. It still had the overall characteristic "musicality" that is AVA. I was impressed. Alot of sound for the money, very rich, IMHO.
