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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
pokey77
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@stargazer3

So true.
ps
760 posts
 
S-U-C-K is a four-letter word.  Feel free to apply it to the OP.
wolf_garcia
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Providential guidance? Free will. Period. However, I was listening to some stuff at an audio geek friend's house last weekend (he produces and I mix a successful concert series), and I was musing about the fact that people who otherwise appreciate artistry don't do any "active" listening to great sounding audio. A mystery…I also don't understand why people don't all have motorcycles and play electric guitar. 
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ps
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Free will led me to Sonus Faber; Providence led me to Magnepan and a Ducati 916.
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