advantage of seperates vs integrated

I spoke with one company about separates vs. a receiver or all-in-one system. They said two problems, so they only sell separates:

1) Heat generated.
2) Cannot maintain their quality standards.

I would have thought limited power supply but I guess that is related to the "heat generation" issue.

Boy would I love to get rid of all these extra boxes, wires, and power cords though! Thinking about making a three-way wire with only one plug that goes into the wall. Power strip is full up right now. have to unplug one thing to power up something else.

"Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler." Albert Einstein

CDC, were they talking about home theater am/fm turner "receivers" or just simple integrateds. There is a difference. Just want to make sure we are talking about the same thing here. Anyone can give an explanation as to why one should sound better than the other, but you have to hear it to really know. In my experience, I have heard some integrated's sound so good there is no issues such as heat generation to even enter the equation. There is no guarantee that if you get separates they will sound better than an integrated or vice versa. All I'm saying if you want it simple, there should not be an issue as there is plenty of integrated's that sound amazing.

Kclone, I got a little off-topic here. They were talking receivers. Yes, integrated can be just fine but I thought the interesting point was the more functions you have, heat generation becomes a problem when everything is crammed into one box.
So for general practical stereo designs, you aren't going to get massive power out of an integrated like you can with separates.

BTW Kclone, those Tidal speakers look really nice. The Six-Moons review say they use Seas Excel magnesium midrange drivers. I got to hear the Snell Illusions. They also use the magnesium Seas Excel. Sound was so smooth I thought they were paper. I am using the Seas Nextel driver which has slightly higher distortion. But I "get" what they are capable of doing.

Just for the record, I replaced conrad johnson mono-blocks with an integrated amplifier. The integrated is much better as it should be for its price. I understand the "second banana” status that integrated amplifiers have traditionally held in the audiophile market. That’s because high-end manufactures designed and marketed them that way. Not because there are inherent limitations to the quality of sound that they are capable of.