McIntosh - is it that great?

In my humble opinion.....mac components do not sound good at all.  With that said....I admit I have never owned any of their stuff.  I have auditioned them in listening rooms for years and it always goes back to the same thing and that is that I really want to like the sound but there is never anything there.  They do look great though!!  Maybe it is that the person controlling the equipment is not giving it time to warm up which might be the case.  There are 3 companies that many people love and I will never own 1. Bose 2. B&W speakers and 3. Mac.  I understand why people like them but in the long run they seem like they don't compete with other high end (of course bose is not considered high end).  I do quite honestly believe that some people are hearing the music differently than others.  As stated in this forum a musician likes Mac so there has to be something that some people are possibly not hearing.  I consider myself an audiophile that has worked in the business for a few years.  It has been said that audiophiles (not all) don't really like mac gear.  It could also be that the mac sound is too full sounding for audiophiles and it sounds good to some but not to others??

Like many such threads, the OP did in fact get the answer he was looking for, yet it has gone unnoticed.  Scroll back through and find the responses that specifically mention music.

Love Mac gear!

     Auditioned a mac amp with sonus faber speaks and the music hall CD player, Pink Floyd the wall cd.

  Sat in the room, he left us, I (I mentioned this before)
had my 2-3 year old kid w me, no kidding, after maybe 4-6 minutes, and my kids fidgeting demeanor, whining, crying, etc, the lil one was sound asleep, as I nearly was. There is a magic to some components, and that was amazing.

   I would say, yes, Mac gear is great stuff, and reliable, or at least the rumors are reliability.     How is their customer service after warranty?  Big bucks I’m sure.
    For some of the audio gear, I would expect more warranties like Bryston, Odyssey, Sanders, BIC, ETC.

   those 1K watt mono’s have been o n my list since they came out.
     Probably won’t happen.
as you can’t buy Mac used and have a warranty.  Don’t like that. 

   Yes, Mac amps are wicked good!