Why the hate for mcintosh amps?


Why dont people,like mcintosh? Who motivates this?

so what are the alternatives??
emergingsoul

gavman
66 posts

both Krell and Boulder make incredible products. But from experience, in order for Krell to sound its best, you definitely have to use other Krell products that uses the Cast Cabling. It is truly remarkable with that connection. The downside is that some of the Krell products are not as reliable.. sure they can be fixed but damn, that’s a lot of weight to lug around. Even to George Meyers or to Krell directly. Shute to suffer outer shell scratches. Love the product though. My last Krell was the 402e Evolution. Believe it or not it gets hotter than my McIntosh MC2301 tube Monoblock amplifiers. I had many high end Krell amplifiers in the past. As for Boulder, the 2150 and the 2160 didn’t mend well with my speakers. I chose my speakers before my amplifiers. They sounded a bit thin and too bright on the top end with the Maxx 2’s. They do sound better with the Alex V speakers as the tweeter is much softer then the Maxx 2. The other is that they will suck a lot of power and really heat up your listening area. If spending that much money for my taste, I would go with in the future gryphon audio or Jeff Rowland. I loved the Jeff Rowland Monoblock I had in the past. 
My new amplifier replacing the Krell solid state will be the CH Precision A1.5:-) I like to have tube and solid state. I tend to swap back and forth depending on my listing taste. It will be my first time owning that brand.  
@decathalon1991

I currently own a Boulder 2060 and I'm almost two- third's way through saving to upgrade to 2160. I don't have any heat issues....other than my cats wanting to sit atop it when running, which lead to the cat puke- instigated upgrade from 2060 to 2160.
 Basically Boulder rebuilt my 2060 with the main board from a 2160, and the sonic improvements were enough to persuade me to commit half of my entire income, for three years, to buy a 2160.
 I find the combination with Focal Stella Utopia speakers and Wavac pre-amp to be a match made in heaven; just sooo musical, richly textured, and powerful; never sounds 'loud' or fatiguing no matter how far it is cranked, and with such exquisite delicacy one need never hanker for valves in the output stage

Rolexes are jewelry and it is ridiculous to compare McIntosh to Rolex unless you never intend to play it. The most accurate timepieces are quartz, but they don't have a sweeping second hand. I prefer that but realize it may lose a minute or two a month. I've never got even close to the point of it needing resetting before winding it anyhow. 

People buy jewelry as luxury items and when they can be good investments also, why not? Most are not - Rolex and other collectible watches are the exceptions.

Most people buy higher end audio equipment for the sound, so long as the look isn't atrocious. If McIntosh offers poor value as most audiophiles agree, then the people most likely to buy them are looking at it from an investment of luxury good/snob appeal standpoint. There's a market for everything.
There equipment is expensive because it's good.i have only bought used equipment at a good price and have had no problems.