Integrateds: Why do they all SUCK?

The plain and simple FACT is that we are living in an age of absolute reference quality sound coming from compact and fairly priced all in 1 solutions and anyone that either does not or can not recognize that fact is condenmed to a life of "everything sucks" and they deserve it!!!

This topic, as submitted, is a good example of why some people think that high-end audiophiles are a bunch of jerks. So “all integrated amps suck” do they? Let's consider this issue as if we were talking about cars. I would hope most Audiogon Forum contributors would agree that there are integrated amps that perform at the level of a 3 Series BMW, or even of a Porsche Boxster. Many people enjoy those cars and are well pleased with them for their price range, even though they may not equal the performance or status of a McLaren. If you have the means to drive, say, a Pagani Huayra and then trade it in for a Bugatti Veyron, then good for you. But if you roll down your window at traffic lights to inform BMW drivers that their cars all suck, then you are just a jerk.

My short list ones that do not suck:

Pioneer SA-9800
Accuphase E-202
McIntosh MA6200
Krell KAV 300i and 400i 

The rest probably do!

I’m seriously starting to despair at finding a high quality integrated with a REAL active line stage and a high-quality MC phono stage. I’m trying to get off this separates upgrade spiral. Is this just not possible?

I'll check out the ones people are posting...but man, researching integrated amps is like a case study in things that SUCK.