McIntosh -- good for show, not for sound, says dealer

Gotta order a pair of their new speakers 

This is either my first or second post here. Mostly, I just read but since I’ve got two vintage Mac amps, I decided to chime in. One has autoformers and one is direct coupled. I front one with a Mac preamp. The other with a Rotel preamp. Nothing sounds veiled to me. I truly don’t get where that comes from. As a matter of fact, the direct coupled MC2002 is quite lively. My MC2155 is smooth and warm and I anything but veiled. Speaker choice can make anything sound veiled or lively.

OD Mikey is an acquired taste  certainly.

I am considering a visit to hear his system.

Can the McIntosh critics list the Mac components they’ve owned or Legitimately evaluated themselves if they are going to make a blanket statement about the brand? For example, which McIntosh amplifiers sounded veiled with the KEF’s?  Which component sounded like syrup? What specific product did you find satisfaction with after you came to your conclusion about McIntosh? Would be interesting to learn which components and from which part of history or current they are evaluating with such a generic statement. Those details would actually be interesting.