If you are purely a music guy who wants a premium high-end experience, then you can consider ... an integrated amplifier, which means it houses both the power amplifier and the pre-amplifier.

Venerable Japanese audio brand Denon has just announced the new Denon Home Amp. Remarkably similar to the recently launched Marantz MODEL M1, the new Home Amp is a classic stereo audio system ...

Marantz and Denon are both owned by the same conglomerate ... amplification that Marantz says can extend to 13.4 channels in pre-amp mode if you want to add an external amplifier.