McIntosh -- good for show, not for sound, says dealer

Trusting that “You Tube guy” with anything audio is the same as people trusting the Facebook persons with their Covid information. I LOVE every piece of McIntosh equipment I own. It sounds fantastic with my speakers in my 2 rooms and that is all that counts to me. Resale value is off the charts, in 2017 I bought a used McIntosh MA6600 Integrated, it looked brand new and it could have fooled me. That same amp is selling on eBay now for $6500. I paid $3200 for my mint piece with the 2 shipping cartons and a brand new remote. I liked the amp so much I bought 5 more Mac pieces within a 6 month period, all from Audio Classics

Say what you want but I know I can always get my money back and then some should I have a desire to sell any of the Mac, which I won’t. Doubtful there are many other brands that will hold their value as well as McIntosh where you can double what you paid for it.  oldhvymec said it best though and I feel the same

Doubtful there are many other brands that will hold their value as well as McIntosh

No problem with you liking the Mac gear. But resale value has nothing to do with sound quality. Perhaps a relation to build quality but perhaps not the top tier of possibilities. 

Which would you and hvy say is their best preamp you guys have heard?

Wow...feel like I just walked in to the middle of a soap opera...

anyway, can anyone bottom line how McIntosh compares to Bryston in terms of sheer sound? Thank you in advance.

While shopping for a new preamp, I saw an interesting you tube discussion from two employees in a canadian audio shop I believe. Both were well versed in the PS Audio and Mc Intosh lines and were comparing a $9,000 Mc Intosh (forgot model #) vs. the $6,600 PS Audio BHK. They both thought the PS Audio was more musical and that 30 minute video was what put me over the top to buy the BHK. Coming in Thursday.