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.
tireguy

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They do - but won't tell everyone. Perhaps because most audio-enthusiasts are kind of 'nerds' ?

Sorry to say this - I own McINtosh for about 8 yers now - but owning a Mac makes talking about it redundant. It just asks to be listened to and people owning a Mac don't have time talking about it, they use their time listening to music. In fact, a McIntosh amplifier makes frends redundant. Perhaps owning a Mac makes you a nerd ?

Now enough of this. Here is my experience :

I got the MA6400, a 2x100 Watt at 4 Ohm integrated amp, to play with JBL Ti5000 speakers. Yes, it did lack some power, therefor I now upgraded to the MA6900.

Though, the MA6400 still delivers every bit of grat sound to my old Infinity's 6i, a pair of JBL L112's or a pair of old BnW Transmissionlines.

I had a Vincent on the JBL's, great power but less detail of musicality. I compared with serveral amps and NONE of them had the detail and musicality of the Mac.

So, yes, they are real good amplifiers. They sound the best - you can't find anything wrong about the sond - and so it makes them difficult to talk about.

Perhaps that is why audio-enthousiasts don't talk about them but you can be sure... They do own them !