Why the hate for mcintosh amps?

sokogear634 posts
Did you not read my post about Luxman 900u amplifier, smh! It was less than a year old and sold for almost 50% less. That’s most gear these days. 10% bump-up on all used electronics doesn’t equate or hold water to whatever point you are trying to make to excuse your bashing of a brand, exclusively McIntosh. Stop hating or making yourself feel better proving to others you bought the right product and hoping it will have the same resale value as McIntosh. It won’t compare in resale. ( Sorry Luxman owners. I really do like their product and wouldn’t mine owning some of their gear. I just needed to state the obvious and point out the B.S). The fact is McIntosh has some of the highest Residue value out of 95% of the audio companies out there. Dan D'agostino is another company that does pretty well. Please enjoy what you have and let the McIntosh owners do so as well without haters, lol.

FWIW, my take on meters:
Meters on most home audio gear are almost never calibrated and more often than not mislead rather than inform. Some of the newer digital meters on the more expensive, esoteric gear might be better. They are distracting, add quite a bit of expense, and are amongst the most likely parts to fail first. Some people love them. McIntosh does them as tastefully as anyone. For those that want them; fine. I just wish manufacturers would offer a delete option with concurrent cost savings.

McIntosh and Rolex do have one thing in common...they make A LOT of items. Rolex makes around 800,000 watches per year (!) and sells 'em all, and McIntosh seems to be everywhere from Best Buy to your dentist's den. I collect automatic watches and don't buy Rolex items as there are more interesting things (to me anyway) elsewhere for less inflated prices...same as McIntosh...making the world safe for Schiit.

Postscript: Another objection I have to most meters is that in the vast majority of cases: what is actually being measured is arbitrarily limited by the manufacturer’s decisions, rather than what might actually be of interest to the consumer.

People hate things all the time. An extreme dislike or disgust of anything can probably be mentioned by anyone for their aversion to whatever. This forum is not indicative or inclusive of the many people who have owned a variety of products and post their impressions here, good or bad. My current amps are MC2301 300 watt tube amps, and by far, they provide me the most satisfying sound in all of the incarnations of amps I have owned or tested over the years. This includes; Bryston, Krell, Burmester, Pass Labs, etc. 

The Burmester amps, albeit, solid state, seem to retain the same models for years, as does McIntosh. The MC2301s came out in 2008…they must be selling enough of these to justify keeping the same amp in production over so many years. I actually lusted for giant Krell amps when I was younger and when I was not yet fully aware of the delicate intricacies of musical qualities that I seek out now. I was always the technical and specifications kind of person who looked at doubling watts, extreme heft with heats sinks,etc. Then, I matured. Lived in Europe 25 years and got a taste of plenty of Euro high end. After experiences and exposure to all of this stuff…I ended up with a McIntosh tube amp. Years ago, In a high end audio salon in Germany, the MC2301s were powering some Sonus Faber speakers with some Burmester amps hooked up to play as well on the same speakers. Interestingly, the German dealer said the MC2301 was at the time, an exotic American amplifier which competes nicely with the Burmesters. He said he would own both, and I agreed. They both sound good, but in different ways. That’s the thing, everyone has different tastes, I don’t necessarily like Krells like I used to, but, they do please some folks just as well as McIntosh pleases others. Just not the “few” who complain here. 
Now, I don’t drive a lambo or live in northern snow country, I drive M cars, Corvettes, and Shelby GT350s. My next car might be a used lambo, new Corvtte C8 Z06 convertible. Does that make me a snob? People in certain crowds would say, that’s all you got? While others would say cool, and that one person, would say, stuck up.  LMFAO at idiot comments insulting people who buy stuff because they can.