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McIntosh

I am new to forum and I see many comments for and against McIntosh gear.  I have 2 systems with MC2105 and MC2205 SS amps running Monitor Audio GS60 and PL200 speakers respectively. They sure sound sweet to me and I have no desire to change.  But never say never, so is there anyone out there who had this vintage Mac SS product, thought it was great but then actually did side by side comparison with other SS amps, Bryston, etc and concluded they were wrong and the non Mac is just so much better.  I have not done the side by side.  Thanks much. 
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unsound
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McIntosh's use of autoformers on their ss amps doesn't make sense to me, the use of which compromises frequency response linearity.
unsound
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^ OK, then educate me.
unsound
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^I have, and have found nothing so far that changes my mind. Perhaps many, many years ago when the then fairly new to market transistors of the time were not nearly as reliable as they are today,   and especially for a company like McIntosh with their previous experience it might have made sense. It's interesting that McIntosh doesn't use them on all their ss amps today.
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