Why even buy McIntosh ?
ther meters and looks by far the best thing about them .
whe the owners btw were true Audiophile sold out to a foreign company they started taking shortcuts in build quality internally .i know 1st hand for I sold MC for several years . It is still very respectable but sonically there is much better sounding gear for the same price point . For Example Pass Labs comes to mind, or Ayre,
Coda,Or Boulder, Gryphon, Naim,or Luxman just for example ,McIntosh does look nice and pretty dependable .my point is why wait ?