Bose buys McIntosh

50 years ago (early/mid 70s), Marantz was bought by Superscope and the response among audiophiles at that time was much the same as what we're seeing here. Now, the classic Marantz gear from that era is selling like hotcakes, with receivers like the 2270/2275 going for big bucks. So the fear that your Mac gear may suddenly drop in value could be valid in the short term, but in the long term quality remains appreciated.

Wow!! Didn’t see that one coming! At least not bought out by the Chinese I guess. 
I haven’t heard a new Mac in 15 years or so but if you can’t make a DAMN fine sounding amp for thousands of dollars you’re doing something wrong. 

Sad day for McIntosh.  Even if Bose intends to allow McIntosh to retain their current quality and reputation as an audiophile company, my experience in situations such as this is that the culture of the parent company cannot help but infect the one being acquired.  I really believe from here on out, McIntosh equipment will be sold as pre-Bose and post-Bose.

They make quality equipment but it's still massively overpriced. Marketing machine is strong.

After my initial horror, I came to the conclusion it may be better for McIntosh, Sonus Faber and Sumiko to be under Bose's ownership than some vulture capital firm from Dallas. At least Bose is in the audio field. Personally, I think McIntosh has become almost as gimmicky as Bose, what with the green lights under the rubes and everything having a blue meter of some sort, even when it's superfluous. And I am concerned about the great number of dealers added, including online retailers such as Crutchfield. Not that Crutchfield isn't good. But part of the McIntosh experience was going to the one store in your area that was a Mac dealer and having the full experience.