McIntosh -- good for show, not for sound, says dealer

There are a lot of brick and mortar stores dealing in high end that can keep the doors open solely due to their McIntosh sales…and are therefore able to offer more esoteric gear as a benefit, even if these lines sell to a fraction of McIntosh. To me, that gives McIntosh value, as I want these folks to stay in business and continue to offer the variety that they do…anyone else agree with this?

there's a dude on another thread who's head over heels because he's got a system that enables him to listen to his speakers and ignore the music - serious!
 

@pesky_wabbit 
I am not surprised. Some people become so focused on analytical listening that they stop hearing the music. It’s only about the “sound”. 

@daveyf 

anyone else agree with this?

absolutely! My supervisor started off with McIntosh gear when he first got started. As his tastes changed he was able to sell the gear at no loss and move up to more expensive and esoteric brands. He loves McIntosh gear, but as he told me his listening style changed and his gear long with it. 

@vuch ,

”Mikey told his side of the story of what happened. He said people can continue to buy the brand if they want. That’s not sour grapes. That’s explaining his decision to drop the brand and move on. If the company didn’t honor it’s agreement and then put unrealistic demands on Mikey as a provision of continuing to represent the brand, who could blame him for dropping them?”

You are free to believe what ever you want, but I think it’s bad form for him to to bashing company after company and it seems a little suspicious that he’d attack them in such a way. And by the way, it seems that Denafrips is sold in at least 19 other countries, by at least 19 other dealers who don’t seem to have a problem with  how Denafrips does business.

Oh, and  I don’t have Mac anymore and but other  than breaking my little toe on an amp about thirty years ago ( and then I said a lot of bad words!) I have nothing bad to say about the brand.

JD

"Did you know that The Grateful Dead used McIntosh amplifiers for there shows even Woodstock. What a buncha lawyers! Hahahaha."

I don't think that there's anyone who doesn't know that Matt.