TimW
Major Contributor
The Wharfedale Diamond 12.1 also measures very well in that price range. I wouldn't count out the Denton 80 just because we don't have high resolution measurements either.
I know it goes against your idea of simplicity, but room correction and corrective equalization can offer large improvements to system performance. Much larger of a difference than which type of circuitry your amp uses. Automated room correction makes things easy and PEQ allows for manual room correction or speaker response correction. This is somewhat rare in integrated amplifiers but there are a few options. You can even implement PEQ using some streamers which works if they are your only source. What will your sources of sound be? Streaming? Turntable? TV? You can get a subwoofer with PEQ built in instead which will provide some of the room correction benefits. You may not be able to set a proper crossover with the mains though. At the very least your amplifier will need to have a pre-out or subwoofer out for adding most subs. Personally I like integrated amps with pre-out/main-in connectors so that I can put DSP in between for proper subwoofer integration and room correction. I used an NAD C326BEE this way.
I know it goes against your idea of simplicity, but room correction and corrective equalization can offer large improvements to system performance. Much larger of a difference than which type of circuitry your amp uses. Automated room correction makes things easy and PEQ allows for manual room correction or speaker response correction. This is somewhat rare in integrated amplifiers but there are a few options. You can even implement PEQ using some streamers which works if they are your only source. What will your sources of sound be? Streaming? Turntable? TV? You can get a subwoofer with PEQ built in instead which will provide some of the room correction benefits. You may not be able to set a proper crossover with the mains though. At the very least your amplifier will need to have a pre-out or subwoofer out for adding most subs. Personally I like integrated amps with pre-out/main-in connectors so that I can put DSP in between for proper subwoofer integration and room correction. I used an NAD C326BEE this way.