Dom, just wanted to throw something else into the mix but be warned, it's another Class-D....
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@CnoEvil I'm an owner and fan of the Gato 250S, but I appreciate that it doesn't tick all your boxes. When I was auditioning the Gato, which I subsequently kept, I put it up against the
Peachtree Nova 300. Purely from a features / functions perspective it has all that you were looking for I believe, and then some - MM phono stage, onboard DAC with USB-A and USB-B inputs, headphone socket, home theatre bypass, even a loop for the insertion of a DSP processor or similar. Pricing is in the area you're looking at, and there's a dealer for Spain & Portugal -
https://www.soundsevilla.com/ If you're (hopefully) over in the UK soon then
@Shakey_Studioincar had one at one point, whether he still does or not I don't know, worth a quick PM?
Now the caveat I have here is that during my auditioning I did not try the phono stage at all so have no idea if it's a token gesture or a good 'un. The Gato obviously doesn't have one and as I always intended to use my existing phono stage I didn't see any point in trying it (plus I had 2 weeks to compare the amps and didn't want to throw too many variables into the mix). For the rest of it though I have to say I was impressed with the sound - in many ways it wasn't dissimilar to the Gato - it had the same sort of suggestion of power on tap when needed but without being a heavy handed, muscle-bound presentation. I didn't not find it to be aloof or clinical which I know is an oft-cited criticism of Class-D and one I appreciate you wish to avoid.
I thought it was smooth across the frequency response, seemed to cope well with all the music I threw at it without obviously favouring one genre over another and was good for listening to for a few hours at a time. I felt that the presentation was slightly more "forward" than the Gato, and by that I don't mean anything to do with the mid-frequencies. What I mean is that main vocalists seemed to be positioned further forward in the image, as though they were sat swinging their legs over the front of the stage while the band carried on behind them, whereas with the Gato the singer was further back with the rest of the performers, but without getting lost in the mix. For me, I just preferred the Gato as I felt it gave more coherence to the performance, but it's probably not what you'd call a night and day difference. Had I never heard of Gato and just auditioned the Peachtree I'd have been happy with it and probably bought one. If it counts, the looks are more "conventional" than the Gato, and it's not a massive thing to find room to house, either.
I think the one thing that the Peachtree doesn't do that Gato offers is an onboard streaming module. At one point I believe the company was developing something but by the look of the website they've given up on that now as they offer the amps with a Node 2i as a bundle. But as you're going to be using your own streamer anyway I assume that's probably not much of an issue.