These are not the same size of amplifier: Integra DTM-7.4 has roughly 2.2x the power of Denon PMA-900HNE. That is about 3.4dB, so it is a question of room size and how hard your speakers are to drive, not of one being the better amplifier.
| Area | Better | Why |
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| Power | A | Integra DTM-7.4 has more power - 110W against 50W into 8 ohms. That is about 3.4dB, so it plays usefully louder before it runs out and has more in hand on peaks. |
| Built-in DAC | evenly matched | Both have a DAC on board with much the same capability. |
| Streaming | evenly matched | Only Denon PMA-900HNE has HEOS. Neither list is longer in a way that matters - check the one service you actually pay for. |
| Analogue inputs | evenly matched | The same number of line-level inputs (3). |
| Room to grow | evenly matched | The same expansion options on both. |
| Amplifier class | depends | Integra DTM-7.4 is Class G and Denon PMA-900HNE is Class A/B. Class G/H switches its supply rails to cut the heat a Class A/B design wastes; Class A/B runs warm and is the long-established mainstream choice. Modern examples of both measure well - judge by the rest of the page. |
| Price | evenly matched | Priced within a few per cent of each other. |
| Watts per dollar | A | Integra DTM-7.4 is the cheaper watt - about $9 per watt against $19. A blunt measure, and it says nothing about how either sounds, but it is the honest one for raw output. |
A Integra DTM-7.4 B Denon PMA-900HNE
depends neither is better in the abstract - it turns on your room, your system or how you will use them. Only specs published for both amplifiers are judged; anything missing on either side is left out rather than guessed.
Which should you choose?
Integra DTM-7.4 has the edge on paper, though not by much. The rows marked "depends" are more likely to decide this than the score is. Start with the room. In a large or open-plan room, or with speakers that are hard to drive - low sensitivity, or an impedance that dips - Integra DTM-7.4 has the headroom, and headroom is what stops an amplifier hardening up on peaks. At desk distance or in a small room, 50 watts is already more than most people ever use, and the extra 60 watts would be headroom you pay for and never hear.
What a spec sheet cannot show: how either sounds with your speakers, how the controls feel day to day, and what the app is like to live with - which is where most all-in-one amplifiers are actually won or lost. Power figures are the manufacturers' own and are not measured to a common standard, so treat small differences as noise. If you can hear both, that will tell you more than any row above.