Opinions on best integrated under 10k?

I'm still wanting a Mark Levinson 585 integrated, but I wish it had XLR outputs.  It only has rca outs.  The reason is that, if I got it, I would want to compare the 585 alone to the 585 outputs going into my Krell class A power amp and see what the difference would be.  And I would want to use XLR connections in the comparison, but cannot do that with the 585.

I'd love to simplify things and go with an integrated, but people here and elsewhere are telling me I'll regret giving up my Krell class A power amp. 

" 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.