Why the hate for mcintosh amps?

Hardly ever heard them. I imagine they sound good but they look so pretentions. If you wear several rings and large gold chain they may fit in a lounge that has velvet paintings of cigar smoking, sombrero wearing, pistol toting Mexicans.

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Probably because you weren’t welcome to listen to some of the finest gear ever produced. Especially if you know what to look for or what your talking about.. You know guys like Jerry Garcia, Carlos Santana, Brian Wilson and lil-ol-me, the American Irish kid..

Best parties in the world Amigo..

Just so you know most are not haters, they are just plain jealous. They should be, if you know what you’re looking for, just like anything else Mcintosh will fill most ANY requirement.. It can cost a bundle too.

There are some folks that trick out Macs best equipment and just like any other piece of tweaked (one of a kind) gear, MAC does hold up, pretty darn well. C1XX - CXXXX control gear is pretty good stuff.. 20-40K before tweaks but I like Mac.. BTW I like tone control and VARIABLE loudness.. and they have a TT I just want. So what!! :-)

Regards

So i own 10 b&w spkrs to date, and approaching my 4th mac amp.  They get along.  And love driving audis, owned 3 thus far. 
Learned alot about cars herein tonite.

I am getting a kit out of this thread as I read it and listen to my MC462/Revel combination. One of the best combinations I have owned and within spitting distance of anything I have heard. Revel is another brand that gets no love around here for exoteric speakers that are worse…

10 years ago everyone on here poopooed subs too. Now I see more people coming around to subs though. 
I own a few amps in the last year or so and I think the Mac is here to stay. 

Also learned how to play tug of war tonite. Between the music.