McIntosh-Keep the Classics or Sell for Newer Gear?

I had some vintage Mac gear as an original owner (MC 2205 amp and C28 pre amp). I used it for many years. If you have an emotional attachemnt to it keep it, but I would recommned taking it in for a service check up. That being said, I finally sold all my Mac gear for the same price I paid for it and upgraded with used gear from this site and haven't looked back (I do have a lot of fond memories with my Mac gear).

Keep it. I just finished acquiring vintage C22 and 2 MC275's and plan to give to my son when I leave this Earth. Vintage only gets better. We can always buy new.

If you're happy with its performance, keep it.

I have vintage Mac gear...MC250, MA5100,so on. I recently auditioned new Mac...6600 or 6900,2275 integrateds and MC402. The newer Mac gear is more detailed, faster and more highly powered but still has characteristics of the older gear I have...a little warm and music just sounds right. I really liked it thought it pricey but ultimately, my intent is to upgrade but retain the older equipment as bakcup. I bought the stuff myself as a mature adult so its not sentimental...I just like the sound sometimes. I ahve other equipment that I rotate in and out but I always seem to come back to the Mac stuff. Sort of depends on what you want for peformance AND what you feel for sentiment. Just my $.02

Keep the gear. Take it to a trusted electrician and upgrade the electrolytic caps in the signal path to modern audio grade such as Nichicon fine gold or Elna silmic II's. I've done this to three SS amps with great results. Caps wear out regardless of manufacturer. First thing I noticed with a cap repacement is less listening fatigue and overall smoother tone. What I do is remove the top cover write down all cap values, purchase the replacements, then take amp and caps to my electronic tech for replacement. If you run silmic II's the burn in time is 100 hrs and they do take every hour of that to finally blossom.