The dussun integrated sounds great with the internal pre, but its greatest strngth is the amplification section. It is relative though. I could easily live with the pre section, if I did not have a better external pre
I really love the Bryston studio combo. It is powerful (the bryston really controls the paradigm woofers) and also has a very nice extended top end. The SST series is a big improvement on the old st series.
I also love the IC's. HT is very revealing of the source