Has McIntosh Ever Decreased Prices (on new equipment)?

Nope. They don't due sales, open box. refurbished or any of that. If someone returns a unit not fit for purpose, no one will ever see it again. Same for Luxman or any other premium brand. They have an image to protect. 

Mark Levinson will do any of the above. Go figure.

They might have promotions, buy this and get something extra, but the unwritten rule of premium-priced products is that MSRP never goes down. Price cuts do damage to the brand, signal market weakness and devalue used gear, all bad.

You can get a deal through a dealer, I traded some gear in and got a great price on a new Mc pre.  I paid cash though.

McIntosh ran a trade-in/trade-up offer about two years ago.  Quite a few conditions, but it was aimed at people who had older McIntosh gear to trade in like for like.  Pre amp for pre amp, or amp for amp.

@5farms You should check out Audio Classics in Vestal NY. They are always doing trade up programs and will be quite accommodating if its in their interest to do so. Plus, they have an awesome facility with close ties to McIntosh itself (I'm sure they are beta and contribute a lot to Mac's r & d) and the guided tours of their museum are over the top! They will also offer to demo their most extravagant systems just for fun knowing all along you wouldn't possibly think of buying one.  It's a great all-day drive if you live within a couple hundred miles of them and have the time. The countryside in NY state like most of the Northeast is something to behold!

@faustuss that’s great info, thank you.  I know some dealers are quite willing to work with customers to get them into a new McIntosh piece of gear.  I have not been a McIntosh owner for very long, so I don’t have a lot of history to go by.  The trade-in program I referenced was specifically a McIntosh sponsored promotion, the only thing I ever heard about regarding McIntosh discounts.

I have bought 6 McIntosh components from Audio Classics, all used and all looked and played like brand new. They are the “go to” for anything McIntosh.   I purchased a brand new pair of JBL L100 Classics from them in December 2020. Which were selling for $4500 at all the dealers.  This was when they first came out.  I paid $2800 for a brand new pair in sealed boxes.  Fantastic deal at the time.  Since first purchasing from them, they get all my business now. 

Trade ins is the only thing I have noticed. They are an excellent product.

@dman777 

I'm not sure if I answered your question correctly, but if you are buying new, there are dealers that will offer discounts. If you are a serious buyer willing to spend $25K and a dealer balks because "we can't offer discounts," move on. Before COVID, I was offered 23% off MSRP on new McIntosh. Those price models are long gone, but 15% is possible. Also, hopefully, we will be in a recession by the end of the year and put downward pressure on all prices. This economy has been too good for way too long. Eventually, something is going to pop!

Yeah I tried to work out a deal this weekend. But the dealer would only go down 10% on a  32 grand price. I was hoping for more. But I'm kind of glad now because I'm looking at used equipment and it's just such a better deal.