Why the hate for mcintosh amps?

Since every aspect of audio is subjective & a mater of opinion, this discussion has no merit and is a waste of time. 70 years in business, Mac must be doing something right. If it was up to up to the golden ear audiophiles to support the industry, there would no industry. 

So I think 1 problem when someone states they don't like McIntosh amps is that they are listening to a Frankenstein system with a mixture of different preamps, dacs, cd transports, & phono preamps. So they are listening to the amp out of context: Maybe the amp is so good that its telling you that something up stream isn't so good & and you are blaming the amp for doing its job being the last component in the chain before the speakers or maybe the speakers that you are using are not a good match to the amp. For the best results, it is always better to keep the system whole from a single brand because its designed to work together & to have  synergy: Frankenstein systems don't have synergy and lead to frustration and pain & suffering with endless attempts to make the system sound better. This creates an endless cycle of frustration.