I just went though about 4 months of auditioning a pile of amps, preamps and speakers. To my surprise I settled on a pair of Mac 611’s driving a pair of Sonus fabers. Musical bliss. Again to my surprise, cables made a huge difference in many of the pairing.
Why do no audio enthusiasts use McIntosh?
With the exception of some of there tube gear, not many really use this stuff(or admit to it anyway), I am mainly referring to there amps. They look pleasant, they look good on paper and have the price of high end gear, but I seldom hear anyone claiming to like or one day dreaming of owning McIntosh. I have never really listened to there stuff, no good word of mouth sort of scares me away from it, the only people who like it are those who sell it, an uncanny coincidence? I don’t know. Sorry it this has been covered many times in the past, I ran a search and could not find anything.