Would McIntosh Auto Transformers affect speaker sound?

@audioquest4life

Where I see that as a drawback, is if the speaker is rated at 8 ohms, but dips to 4 ohms, yet your amp does not have a 4 ohm tap, nor has good 4 ohm performance with the 8 ohm tap. Then, you could run into a mismatch as the speaker dips down deep into the low ohm range.

What about a 2, 4, 8 ohm amp like the Yamaha AS-3200 that only has a single pair of taps? I thought a single pair of taps applied to all the ohms the amp is rated for?
 

@viridian + 4

Mike

I am interested in this question. I recently purchased a McIntosh MA9500, which sounds great on my Focal Scala Utopia Evo. I am considering what Amp I want to pair with an on-order set of Wilson Watt Puppies. I originally thought a MC462 + C2800 combo (since I like the sound from the MA9500 and I am sucker for the blue lights). But my dealer is adamant that the autoformers inhibit clarity and engagement, and is pushing the Gryphon Diablo 333 instead. 

ODDFIO YOU ARE WRONG

ALL THE WORLDS BEST SOLID STATE AMPLIFIERS ARE DIRECT COUPLED

GRYPHON, CH PRECISION, BOULDER, T+a, KRELL, DAGASTINO. PASS, CODA VITUS, ETC.

THE ONLY COMPANY IN THE WORLD THAT USES AN AUTOFORMER IS MACINTOSH YOU DONT DESIGN A SOLID STATE AMPLIFIER LIKE A TUBE AMPLIFIER

AS PER LOAD MATCHING WITH A BIG ENOUGH POWER SUPPLY YOU CAN POWER AN ARC WELDER AND PUT POER INO ANY LOAD

And one of the world’s best solid state amplifiers uses autoformers.