Why the hate for mcintosh amps?

Why dont people,like mcintosh? Who motivates this?

so what are the alternatives??

emergingsoul10-01-2021 3:51pm

antigrunge2 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,412 posts 10-23-2021 at 12:36pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Watt Puppy?
emergingsoul OP Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,145 posts 10-23-2021 at 01:28pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Both
andysf Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 269 posts 10-24-2021 at 11:11pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Say what you like about McIntosh but so far as I know, they have never imprisoned a Nobel prize winner like the owners of Cayin.
georgehifi Details Discussions Posts This discussion 10,312 posts 10-24-2021 at 11:28pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Why the hate for mcintosh amps? MC275 tube amps were great amps. But there is no good reason to put an output transformer on a "good" solid state amplifier, it can only make it’s performance worse. It’s a bit like using auto-formers on otl tube amps that can’t drive speakers well without them. Cheers George
dill Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 2,528 posts 10-25-2021 at 01:58am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete No hate for McIntosh amps here. https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2021/from-the-vault-property-from-the-grateful-dead-and-friends?locale=en