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Integrateds: Why do they all SUCK?

I’m trying to find a HIGH QUALITY integrated that has:
1. A no-corners-cut real class A - A/B power stage.
2. A real, high quality analog preamp line stage.
3. A good phono stage.

Aside from a few very high end products, the above described integrateds seem not to exist. Why can’t I find a quality integrated? Do we just have to accept having a pile of boxes?
madavid0
madavid0 OP
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?? Real active linestages mean the small signal is run through some kind of active amplification device (triodes, FETs, etc).

Volume control via some attenuation scheme is garbage, whether it's mechanically or electronically controlled. 

Am I fundamentally misunderstanding something? 
nitewulf
422 posts
 
Yes, you have no experience with things in general, which is obvious. You are fundamentally misunderstanding life.
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uberwaltz
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Mark.....gets my vote as best post of this decade tbh.
But the subject matter carries on and blithely ignores it....
Oh btw can I send you the dry cleaning bill for when I read it I spilled my hot coffee all over my shorts!
Well worth it...lol
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uberwaltz
13,381 posts
 
This thread needs a warning sign

" do not feed the trolls, they may bite!"
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jond
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A volume control is an attenuator pure and simple that is all. If you don't attenuate the volume you will have no speakers or eardrums left.
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