Mcintosh - Love Em' or Hate Em' ......Why?

BUDREW: Have you compared the MC gear with other units?
You say that once you have MC, you dont need the "upgrade bug".....as the amp in my system is from 1978, I am fully into the "do it right and do it once" mentality, but I am curious what models you have and what speakers they are driving.

Well, I've owned Mac gear since 1984. I since have a MC7150, and an MC352 power amps. I have aa C42 pre, an MR78 tuner, a MC861 DVD player, an MCD 205 CD changer hooked up to an Electrocompaniet Dac, all hooked into a Tice power conditioner. I have Mac ML2C speakers with Mac tweeter towers with 16 tweeters, modified by Roger Russel, the designer of the speakers. I have Sonus Faber Grand Painos and Sonus Faber Concertino speakers. It sounds awesome, truly awesome, and all my friends tell me so!I love their reliability, look, sound and just everything about them.

The C-22 tube preamp and the Mc 275 are the most beautiful components ever made BUT are the worst sounding components ever made. Made for "look-o-philes"

"The C-22 tube preamp and the Mc 275 are the most beautiful components ever made BUT are the worst sounding components ever made. Made for "look-o-philes."

This coming from someone using Home Depot cables. Have you actually listend to these pieces????

I have owned a dozen mint Mac C22 and Mc75. I could not stand to hear over 60 seconds of these. Pure noise, no music. The worst of the worst. These were made for photos in decorating magazines. Luckily I sold them all to overseas buyers who pay top dollar for these hissing room warmers.