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I have seen some Interesting comments about Mcintosh lately

These comments come from here and a couple of other sites.

1.The only people that buy Mcintosh gear are one's that just don't listen.
2. Mcintosh is what rich people buy just like Mercedes Benz.
3. Mcintosh relies on generational buyers as a business plan.
4. Mcintosh is known for rebranding products and putting there name on it.
5. Mcintosh has great looks but uses cheap off the bin parts.

I can't think of another high-end company that have so many stereotypes about the brand. On the other hand I can't think of another audio company that has been in business as long.


taters
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In the very early 70’s I had a McIntosh C26 pre and 2100 power amp. Then Audio Research came to town, and their SP3 and D75 made the Mac’s sound decidedly average. Still beautiful to look at (to my taste), and probable STILL working fine, but nothing special sound wise.

Of course, that was a long time ago. Brooks Berdan, a very critical and picky listener, took on the line, selling it alongside Jadis and VTL, Wilson and Vandersteen. Brooks didn’t carry a line just because he could make money on it---it also had to sound good to him. So I assume the current stuff does.

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I have Brooks MC -250, he liked it enough to collect it...

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I still think that McIntosh produces a good product.  I would not have spent $6500 on the new MAC6700 receiver if I though it looked,  or sounded sub-par.  My reason for selling it was derived from the amp's "voicing",  a pretty obvious,  IMHO,  tube sounding piece.

So I sez to myself,  "self?  If you have something that sounds like a tube amp but isn't a tube amp,  why not get the tube amp?"

Made sense to me.

The MC275 is one good looking piece of gear, very retro, very modern at the same time.  I much preferred its sonics over the solid state receiver.  (I've owned other Mc solid state,  too.)

Honestly?  Being finally able to afford what I consider to be one of the benchmark brands was also one of my reasons.  I wanted that glow,  that look. I wanted ownership,   the experience.
Which I got.  Now that I've owned it,  enjoyed it,  I've sold it.  

Then again,  I've owned and sold/traded pretty much everything!

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Right oblgny, pride of ownership is a big part of the McIntosh allure. I still have a warm spot in my heart for the C26 and 2100, and if I found them cheap might buy just to look at. They're so pretty! I have an MR78 (with the Modafferi update) and MPI4 as much to look at as to use.
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I have a mint MR-78 that I would love to sell because I never use it. Believe it or not my wife loves the piece and doesn't want me to sell it. She says it looks pretty. Go figure.

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