Opinions on best integrated under 10k?

" So not sure where I will end up yet, maybe I will just end buying a MA7900 or ML585 and be done with it all. "
Yeah, you're about where I am in thinking about this whole thing.  There is also the new(ish) Anthem STR integrated, which has DAC and also phono.  Right now, the top of my list is the ML 585, after hearing it at AXPONA.  The McIntosh integrateds include phono and are more versatile, but they just don't sound like the 585. The new ML 585.5 also includes a top flight phono stage, but will set you back a pretty penny. 

There are a number of things I have learned on this journey of integrateds....if you truly do get a full all in one well then you are stuck with that house sound for every aspect, dac, phono, headphone etc.

To your point @uberwaltz .... which is why a 'classic' integrated (pre and amp) makes more sense to me vs. a 'super' integrated (all in one).

David.
Think I am coming to that conclusion.
Which is why it will be interesting to see how the esoteric DAC and Ayre ax7e fare in my setup.
With that I can still run my headphone amp from the tape out and ph10 phono in on one set of balanced inputs.
We will see

@yyzsantabarbara   Are the Vitus SIA-025 or SIA-30??? not under consideration?