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Why do no audio enthusiasts use McIntosh?

With the exception of some of there tube gear, not many really use this stuff(or admit to it anyway), I am mainly referring to there amps. They look pleasant, they look good on paper and have the price of high end gear, but I seldom hear anyone claiming to like or one day dreaming of owning McIntosh. I have never really listened to there stuff, no good word of mouth sort of scares me away from it, the only people who like it are those who sell it, an uncanny coincidence? I don’t know. Sorry it this has been covered many times in the past, I ran a search and could not find anything.
tireguy
mj908
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"My beef with McIntosh is the lack of service/support based upon my experiences. "

I thought MAC provide the best support bar none, just yesterday I was able to get a faceplate for a model more than 10 years old abd get personal tech support from Chuck!
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wadia150
85 posts
 
there is so many other products out ther better than mac it is funny.mac is like bose they been around for ever so people think it is the best.i would compare mac to adcom,rotel etc...
jsujo
348 posts
 
Wadia. that is so funny...Do you know what your are talking about anyway? if it was humour, I take it all back
pawlowski6132
592 posts
 
I don't think any of these posts actually answr the original question. The answers are mostly people who own McIntosh trying to vindicate their purchases and defend themselves.

But, I think it's true: Looking through discussion posts, at members' systems, real high end systems don't have a lot of McIntosh mixed in. Systems where I've seen them are ALL McIntosh.

I think they have a MidFi reputation and so people stray away. Regardless of how they really sound.
unclejeff
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Anybody wanting a really fantastic amp should get the McIntosh 2102. As a stand alone amp it beats just ablut any other i have listened to.

This amp, in all honesty, would be the last system component I would part with.
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