Why the hate for mcintosh amps?

There continues to be many McIntosh fans as reflected by the company’s longevity and sales. But there are also a very large number other amplifier manufacturers at all price points with technological advances of their own to choose from. I suspect the OP is a fan of McIntosh but erroneously assumes if you’re not a lover you’re a hater when it’s all just a matter of preference…and pocketbook…

so what are the alternatives??

really? There are tons of other amps - seems like trolling 

@atlanticstereoYour post indicates an innocent but erroneous opinion of the role that VC/PE firms serve to a business. My reply to your post below is intended only to provide perspective, not to throw shade your way.

Don't shoot the Messanger just stating facts - in my experience over the last 25 years in being in the AV industry every time a Private Equity company purchases a product that has been manufactured with Soul and Passion it ceases to have the build quality. If you know how a PE makes money, it's plan is to recoup its investment in 3 to 5 years from the purchase date. Think....How can they do that ? Find a way to make it cheaper and open up distribution... Shocking ? Who sells your beloved Mac now ? BB ? You can find it all over the net ... Go back in time and research how many great companies ( Fosgate, Levinson, Boston Accoustics, Infinity, Warfdale, Denon, Marantz, Pioneer Elite, Sunfire I can go on and on)  that were purchased by PE and where are they now ? Mac has weathered the test of time because it still looks great and it has a loyal following in the Asian market. I'm not saying its a bad product just not the same product that got its reputation when Frank McIntosh started the company in 1948.

PE firms aggregate cash and invest it to make a return on their investment. They don’t make charitable grants. Many of the firms you mention above as having been ruined by PE were actually rescued (or not) from an inevitable extinction by the infusion of cash or more accurately in some cases they were sold a bill of goods by a founder(s) who were looking for an exit strategy to monetize their life’s work. 
The high end audio industry is a tough slog from a business standpoint to make a market or better rate of return on their imvestments. So many in our hobby view those engaged in the hifi business, be it in retail or manufacturing, as being in the business to serve the hobby in some monastic and altruistically pure manner. Thats unfair and an unreasonable position to take. Like McIntosh or don’t. Appreciate the role VC/PE plays or don’t but please at least make a cursory attempt to understand what you are talking about before commenting.

Full disclosure: I am not engaged in VC/PE or high end audio although I have investments in VC/PE firms.

What can I say, I love my McIntosh system. But I rarely say that I am on this forum because there are so many folks that will flame you. Go ahead I do not care...!

I bought my first new amp in decades just before the pandemic started. I was considering a SS integrated Mac but in the end it came down to looks after considering everything else. I'm not a fan of their blue lights. I went with a Yamaha A-S3000 instead. However since hearing tube gear I sold the Yamaha and now have a PrimaLuna EVO 400 power amp. 

Like Mark Levinson, Mc stuff is very well made with some of the best parts available.  Mc was started a lot like Audio Research, with someone asking a friend to come up with a component for their personal system.

We found that Mc was nice looking, made very well, broke about the same as other "high-end" electronics, and had its fans.

Sound-wise, it was not in the same league as some of the later brands, but the again, speakers improved dramatically when Jim Winey and Magnepan came out.

We had some old Mc stuff--275 tube amps, etc., and some old Marantz stuff--7, 8, 9, etc.  It was OK, but compared to the newer tube designs and more revealing (non-box) speakers, these products were simply not as accurate as the newer designs.

SO, a lot of our Dr. and Attorney clients liked Mc, and Jimmy Ryder in his Miami stores (Hi Fi Associates) sold tons of it. We could not get the line--back then things were very tight in awarding lines to dealers "close" to each other.  That's OK.  We understood that people liked the brand and the various box speakers that they drove with it.  We just did not think it was equal to the newer products back then (1970's-1990's).

These days, I have no idea what they do or how well they do it, but I assume there are still many Mc fans out there.  Enjoy!

Cheers!