Arcam A-15

[manicm]

You obviously are not on the same page.
I have never said I wouldn't recommend it. Get that straight.
I wouldn't buy an amp with a dac simply because I wouldn't use it. Fact.
I also wouldn't "recommend" anything I hadn't actually heard myself and thought it might be useful on someone's short list .
The fact that more amplifiers being produced have add ons is all very well if you can utilise that function otherwise it's simply a waste of money.....

You made this bizarre statement:

'However, I wouldn't buy the A15 unless you need digital inputs and Bluetooth'

So in effect you wouldn't also buy a Rega, Cambridge Audio, NAD, Audiolab etc etc etc, simply because they provide a DAC facility.

The fact is most integrated amplifiers in this price range and higher DO have DACs. And manufacturers include them because these are facilities that customers want. But you on the other hand will simply ignore them even if as amplifiers they are fundamentally good.

As I said, your logic is bizarre.

 

[Al ears]

You made this bizarre statement:

'However, I wouldn't buy the A15 unless you need digital inputs and Bluetooth'

So in effect you wouldn't also buy a Rega, Cambridge Audio, NAD, Audiolab etc etc etc, simply because they provide a DAC facility.

Yes, you got it.
The fact it has a decent phono stage, by all accounts, might be one reason the OP is considering it.

 

[manicm]

Yes, you got it.

Thank you.