I have seen some Interesting comments about Mcintosh lately


These comments come from here and a couple of other sites.

1.The only people that buy Mcintosh gear are one's that just don't listen.
2. Mcintosh is what rich people buy just like Mercedes Benz.
3. Mcintosh relies on generational buyers as a business plan.
4. Mcintosh is known for rebranding products and putting there name on it.
5. Mcintosh has great looks but uses cheap off the bin parts.

I can't think of another high-end company that have so many stereotypes about the brand. On the other hand I can't think of another audio company that has been in business as long.


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Showing 3 responses by cleeds

schubert2,762 posts01-23-2016 8:56pm"Nobody said ONLY the rich buy MAC and since it was sold the FACT is it did go out of business."

No, McIntosh has never gone out of business. It has been bought and sold a few times, but it's been in continuous business since at least the '50s.
schubert2,776 posts01-24-2016 10:00pm"Wrong, cleeds, the people are the business not the factory,
New owners = different company"

Sorry Schubert, but new owners do not necessarily a different company make, and McIntosh has never gone out of business. In any event, the very same people are at McIntosh ... same CEO, same staff.

By your reasoning, every public company goes "out of business" every day. That's because its owners - those are the stockholders - change constantly.

A business is a legal entity. When you buy a McIntosh component, its warranty is honored by the company, not its individual staffers. Likewise for a dealer who buys from McIntosh - he pays the company, not the CEO. Do you get it now?

wolf_garcia  " ... to think otherwise is to simply ignore what has to be the largest group of tubers, other than potatoes and peanuts."

I'm pretty sure a peanut is a legume and not a tuber.