McIntosh MC1.2kw

Visit http://audioaficionado.org/

Quite a few owners there.

Bob

I am biased because I have been in the audio industry for 29 years and work for a dealer.

Proper matching is the most important thing you can do and if you could find a great dealer that is good at this you are better off.

The McIntosh MC1.2kw along with all McIntosh amps are way over rated. Most often people are the victim of nostalgia where they grew up with a dad that had them or they grew up always wanting one.

When it comes to sound quality they are very dated so today you can get something as good for far less or something much better for the same price.

They are very compressed and “electronic” sounding with a lot of harmonic structure missing in the sound. They are grainy and dark at the same time. Parasound has this issue as well but for 1/6th the price.

I can’t recommend an amp or amps because I don’t know your system but the industry is full of small incredible companies that build legends in the making like Musical Design, Clayton, Tube Research, Intuitive Design, Odyssey, David Berning, Gryphon, Electrcompinete, Aesthetix, Thore, and even some big names like Rowland and Classe.

Reference's first sentence says all that you need to know about his reply. The question was whether anyone had experience with the Mac monoblocks, and since he is so biased, I'd disregard his comments. Many, many folks find that Macs sound great. How many of the small companies he mentions can give you the service Mac can, how many hold their re-sale value as well as Mac, and how many may/may not be around in the future? I will agree that many of their new models are hideously overpriced. Other than that, another response of what amounts to drivel.