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

@ rimo

Way back in 2002 I purchased an MR-71 FM tube tuner from Audio Classics that was performance certified by you. It continues to work flawlessly to this day and is easily one of the most satisfying audio-related purchases I have ever made.

Thank you for your brilliant contributions to modern FM tuner performance.   

I recently purchased an Audio by Van Alstine VISION SET 400 AMPLIFIER for two grand that sounds better than the two solid-state Mac's I've owned previously. Two thousand dollars is a fraction of the cost of these Mac's. Yes, it's a utilitarian black box, no meters and doesn't need a hand truck to bring into your sound room, but it sounds more like music to my ears for a fraction of the price.

Now, on the other side, I have a  MAC MC-275 IV that is magical in the way tube amps can be. I wouldn't part with it unless I was being held hostage at gunpoint, and to be honest I might not let it go and take the bullet. Now of course that's blatant bullshit, however I might die for Angie Harman, but I digress.  It gets to the point of how good a MAC 275 sounds but not their solid state for lots of money.

jjss49, as English is my second language, I am curious to see how you would spell in Lao. Thai, French and German, in all of which I am completely fluent. Do you even speak another language?

@laoman

since you asked, i speak three languages fluently but i don’t feel the need to advertise it

and i suspect i am the same race you are

you want to play here, grow some thicker skin

@roxy54, long time contributor, good guy, makes joke about spelling error, that is because you repeatedly insult the brand of gear discussed here, bring wrong facts (international sales and following of the brand, where @stereo5 corrected you), then you keep arguing, being defensive, have to put people down every time... @roxy54 makes joke about another person misspelling too, a guy who owns mac gear... he is just poking a little fun, what is the big deal to you?

i then make a little post, say i enjoy @roxy54 being silly, funny, i have a laugh, talk about spelling bee at his house, then you protest to mod and get that post removed, your name not even mentioned .. grow up, buddy

stop being a child, deal with your own sense of inadequacy elsewhere, don’t wear it on your sleeve - this is an anonymous forum, but respect is still earned, and cannot be demanded, do you see the difference?

you want people to be nice to you, you start by being nice yourself ...

juvenile fools exist in all cultures races nationalities, as your case proves - your posts, just on THIS thread alone

jjss49, as English is my second language, I am curious to see how you would spell in Lao. Thai, French and German, in all of which I am completely fluent. Do you even speak another language?

 

@thecarpathian

Thank you. As I stated, I certainly do not hate McIntosh. Why on earth would anyone hate any product unless you bought it and were then extremely disappointed? I assume those that buy it are for the most part not disappointed.

I would ask other posters one question though, why does this company feel the need to sell merchandise? Do you not find this ridiculous and demeaning? Would you believe they even sell McIntosh covid masks?

 

Really pathetic. Because someone tells the truth about your beloved McIntosh some of you get defensive.

 

"suggest you try to read more, and post less" Strong suggestion that you post something of some worth.

 

What a pathetic little reply. It must have taken all your brain cells to come up with that. By they way before you criticise my spelling, look at your punctuation. There should be a semi colon after "laoman".

 

"I would venture to guess 80% of the members here are North Americans. "

 

So what? Are you suggesting that people of other nationalities do not have the right to post here?

 

Please do say many things. Is anything I said inaccurate? Is Macintosh as popular in Asia and Europe as the US? Are the only posters who post on this site of US Nationality? Do some Americans have a loyalty towards the Macintosh brand? Are any of my rhetorical questions wrong?

 

What most of you are forgetting is that this site does not have just Americans posting. Macintosh is far less purchased outside of America. It appears that some Americans have a loyalty towards the brand; that’s fine.

 

As I stated in a previous post in this thread, Macintosh is not for me; it would be pretty close to the bottom in the line of hi fi equipment I would consider.

 

I do not hate Macintosh. It is your money; if you want to spend your money on Macintosh, go right ahead. Personally I would never buy anything from Macintosh because in my opinion there is far better sounding and better built equipment available for far less money.

However Macintosh does appeal to a certain demographic; my friends and I call it the Harley Davidson of hi fi

we can’t see you in person, but we can see the sorry, argumentative, defensive attitude you bring