Why the hate for mcintosh amps?

It's funny as hell the negative post I read here about mcintosh.  Well let me throw in my two cents worth. I have several different stereo systems in my man cave. The latest is mcintosh c2600 and mcintosh mc402.  I also have parasound rogue tube equipment- krell fbb-300. Luxman.  Audio research.  Regardless what brand name equipment I have all of them sound damm good to me. I do believe the mcintosh gear will out last my other Audio gear. By the way I'm not getting any younger and these damm amps are heavy as hell. Now that's something to talk about back pain. 
If I decide to sell any of my gear I know my mcintosh gear will keep its value more than any other gear I have. 

I love my McIntosh gear A pair of MC601 mono and C2300 tubes preamp. Seems like a perfect match to my Vandersteen speakers. I have been a Mac user/owner since the 70s and will continue to stay with McIntosh. I’ve tried so many different brand out there and to my ears McIntosh is the one. It may not be for everyone’s ears but it is for mine. So, am I out there giving bad names to other brands? No I’m not but I could very easily but it’s not my style because I have class.

I broke-in during the 70's when Mac was making the most durable stuff ever and was actively marketing solid state gear.  Their well-deserved reputation for quality-at-a-price was built on their still very desirable tube products.  IMO that old Mac tranny stuff is still cosmetically cute and will probably last until the big flood, but they sounded like a can of nails when we put them on DQs or Maggies. Hard to deal with that dichotomy. Mac was at least smart enough to re-introduce tubes. The guy I worked for used to love to run 4 ESS Heil III's on a 2105 thru a C28. Miracord changer with a Shure Type IV! "Dark Side of the Moon" had just come out and the owner loved to demo the system at hi volume. When he first played me "Money," I nearly lost my little neo-audiophile hearing! Can of nails!

Better getting ss mac amp and tube preamp?  Or a tube amp with tube preamp.

at least a tube preamp makes sense

So I think 1 problem when someone states they don't like McIntosh amps is that they are listening to a Frankenstein system with a mixture of different preamps, dacs, cd transports, & phono preamps. So they are listening to the amp out of context: Maybe the amp is so good that its telling you that something up stream isn't so good & and you are blaming the amp for doing its job being the last component in the chain before the speakers or maybe the speakers that you are using are not a good match to the amp. For the best results, it is always better to keep the system whole from a single brand because its designed to work together & to have  synergy: Frankenstein systems don't have synergy and lead to frustration and pain & suffering with endless attempts to make the system sound better. This creates an endless cycle of frustration.