Mcintosh - Love Em' or Hate Em' ......Why?

Hey Gtejr - Welcome to the MC2000 club! It's a great amplifier however I have a local amp manufacturer who says he can do a modification to the power supply which will make the McIntosh MC2000 UNREAL! (apparently all McIntosh amps have an "old" and outdated power supply design).

While I have been tempted - I haven't not committed to doing the mod. I don't want to effect the value of the amp because I have a feeling that this one will eventually increase in price - there are only 559 of them in the world!!

Once you buy McIntosh you don't have to look back. Safe, secure, relaible, beautiful, and the sound is the kicker. Beautiful, sweet, warm music. Mc has been in my family for a very long time. No need for the upgrade bug with a Mc.

BUDREW: Have you compared the MC gear with other units?
You say that once you have MC, you dont need the "upgrade bug".....as the amp in my system is from 1978, I am fully into the "do it right and do it once" mentality, but I am curious what models you have and what speakers they are driving.

Well, I've owned Mac gear since 1984. I since have a MC7150, and an MC352 power amps. I have aa C42 pre, an MR78 tuner, a MC861 DVD player, an MCD 205 CD changer hooked up to an Electrocompaniet Dac, all hooked into a Tice power conditioner. I have Mac ML2C speakers with Mac tweeter towers with 16 tweeters, modified by Roger Russel, the designer of the speakers. I have Sonus Faber Grand Painos and Sonus Faber Concertino speakers. It sounds awesome, truly awesome, and all my friends tell me so!I love their reliability, look, sound and just everything about them.

The C-22 tube preamp and the Mc 275 are the most beautiful components ever made BUT are the worst sounding components ever made. Made for "look-o-philes"