Cary Audio SI-300.2d integrated amplifier

Cary Audio’s SI-300.2d Digital Integrated Amplifier is an incredibly sophisticated component from a company with the apparent resources and brainpower to bring to market whatever Billy Wright and crew desire. With the SI-300.2d, Cary has created a 21st-century Swiss Army knife of sound that can be configured to match any need or whim of today’s music lover. Want power in spades to create outstanding dynamics? Check. An internal DAC that’s the equivalent of outboard units costing in the neighborhood of $1500, one-quarter the Cary’s price? Sorted. The SI-300.2d can upsample your digital files and play DSD, assuming you have the matching software, and Cary suggests that it’s readily adaptable to new formats (hello, MQA). And best of all, it delivers more bang for the audio buck, with greater resolution and power, than any $5995 DAC-integrated has a right to.