I was helping a friend (who had just taken delivery of a pair of custom Purifi/Beyma AMT 2-way monitors) winnow down the electronics options, with a preference for One-Box solutions.
About that, my overall observation is that GaN Modules, as well as Switching Amp PCBs from Hypex and Purifi, have been major Game Changers in High-End Audio.
HiFi Rose's GaN-based RA280, which is not a one-box solution--it is an Integrated Amplifier with no Digital Inputs--has a rated output of 250 Watts per channel. It's a sleek item you could tuck under your arm (16.9 inches wide, four inches tall, and 14 inches deep).
But I can remember when it took two strong guys to lift Plinius's 250Wpc stereo amp. I'd call that "Changing the Game."
So, my friend narrowed his search down to NAD's offerings. The M33, with the Purifi power-amplifier module, was too much money (5K). I loved the NAD 3050's Retro styling, as well as its knobs and switches! But he did not. And, the NAD dealer said that the core amp in the M10 (the V2 has a Hypex Hybrid Digital nCore Amplifier) was better than the one is the 3050. BTW, the V2 is rated at 100Wpc while the V3 is rated at 160Wpc. (The V3 is also powered by Hypex.)
When the dust had settled, my friend had gotten a bargain close-out price on NAD's M10 V2, which is being sold off to make way for the M10 V3. What he loses out on, by not waiting for the V3 (and, paying about $1000 more), apart from 60W more power, is a built-in MM phono stage. So he will have to pick up an affordable wall-wart phono stage.
I've never had a piece of audio gear with a touchscreen, but perhaps I could get used to it.
BTW, Siri is on the outs with me, ever since I said "Open the Pod Bay Doors, Siri."
In a VERY hurt tone of voice, Siri replied, "That's a terrible thing to say to a Sentient Entity." I apologized.
And then, to try to make it up to her, I asked her if she had any plans for dinner. She hung up on me.
So, "Siri, please choose the best recording of Beethoven's Op. 127" is most likely not in my future.
Back to the NAD M10: What excites me about that choice is that for $100 you can activate the included DIRAC Room Correction. If it's good enough for John Atkinson, it's good enough for my friend.
Here's a link to Future Audiophile's news item on the upgrade from M10 V2 to V3.
I hope this helps anyone who is still In the Hunt.
john