Have you changed your mind about a brand? Was it you, or them?

BOTH DUDE!!!!

I used to be a big B&W fan, had one stand mount after another, just before ordering a pair of their best stand mounts, attended an event at my then local audio dealer, where Totem was sponsoring the open bar, so I ventured into their room and was blown away by the Fire monitors.  I returned to the dealer for some quality time with both speakers, the Totems won "hands down".

I also used to be an NAD fan, had several of their amps, receivers, CD players and their Masters series components, but had more repairs on them than I could stand...now I know I'm going to get killed for this, but I switched to McIntosh.

Well, I wouldn't wish to do a direct McIntosh to NAD comparison, but the latest NAD mini integrateds are really nice and affordable.  Great solutions for desktop / living room systems.

Bryston.  They make great amps, and I love their DAC.  Their streamer is however poorly conceived, and I was dumb enough to buy their optical player, which basically can only be used as a CD transport .  They should stick to amps and quit trying to have a full lineup