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Do true audiophiles own Mcintosh gear

It seems like all the high-end dealers I have bought from or talked to think that Mcintosh is living on it's past reputation. The 2 stores that carry it locally are more mid-fi stores than high-end. I have a friend that swears by it but he hasn't listened to his Mcintosh in over 2 years. What do you think?
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joeylawn36111
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"Do true audiophiles own Mcintosh gear?"

First of all, who has the right to judge whether someone else is a 'true audiophile' (or anything else) for that matter? If you have an all-Mac system (I don't - just an MR85), and are happy with it, IMO, no one else can really fault him/her.
davemitchell
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the results do not support your conclusions.

Without getting in to critiquing the "results", my point was that using output transformers is hardly innovative. It's about as retro as you can possibly get.
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theaudioassociation
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For those of you in Southern California, Brooks Berdan in Monrovia carries McIntosh and he's a highly respected audiophile shop. Give him a call if you'd like to know his opinion on Mac gear. He also carries Jadis and VTL so he'll also be able to give you the compare and contrast of those makers as well.
mrtennis
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what difference does it make what audiophiles own>

when were they anointed the true cognoscenti of matters audio ?
taters OP
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Brooks carries Mcintosh? I was in his shop 6 months ago and he didn't have it. I'm going to give him a call.
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