I am not really impressed with this Technics amplifier. While it seems to be well designed, it contains high quality components, the manufacturer does not even publish the real THD figures. In the video published on Youtube, we see a THD value at 0.5% at rated power at 1 kHz. If that is exact as stated, a lot of affordable AVRs that cost a lot less than the listed price nearing $10K, have better THD figures, some below 0.1% and across the full 20-20K audio spectrum.
No, Technics have missed the boat with their reference integrated amplifier. I just don't believe we could hear any improvement, if any, with this product compared with a decent more affordable D & M or Yamaha product.