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

@stephens770

Ok OP, no disrespect but that was a very ignorant post. None of my 8 pieces of Mc gear did I buy for looks. Nor am I stuck in any way in my decisions. Are you saying that you know for a fact that his Rolland 625’s sound better in my system than my Mc 901’s. You don’t. This hobby is experiencing a renaissance of new growth and people like you are a detriment to this hobby and it potential based on your last post. Generic blanket statements of ignorance. That is the issue with these bash threads and why I chose to speak up. AG should realize their opportunity for growth is hindered by members like yourself.

"People like you." Well, thanks a lot. But you’re confusing what I’m asserting with what I take the video to be asserting. You’re "shooting the messenger." Such misreadings hinder the discussion. Re-think it.

@femoore12

Those of you in this forum that post this elitist BS only do it because you know it "stirs the pot" in this forum.

I assume you’d agree that there is a difference between pointing out what is being said with agreeing or endorsing what is being said. You can see from the OP that I’m not endorsing. It’s being said in the video, it’s fatuous and hobby-damaging nonsense, and I’ve called it out. Others here (like @jjss49 ​​​​​@oldhvymec and all the other Mc owners) have provided the disproof. It’s called a thorough debunking and in my opinion, it’s better to debunk BS than pretend it doesn’t exist. At this point, I’d consider the video debunked.

Not good for show.  They are ugly.  Pointless gothic script.  They are worse than ugly.

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I can say this from experience, you have to experience ugly, gothic and then WORSE than ugly, to know what it is.

Me if it's that UGLY, I didn't go around it to begin with.

Mac is the finest gear on the planet, you have the right to be wrong, I will give you that.. But I'll recommend a little bigger spoon, Mac guys have heard it all from the jealous and of course uninformed.. 

I'm looking at a pair of brand new 24K gold studded cases for MC60s. Rare as hens teeth. Any body want to one up that? From a classy group in Canada that keeps the flames fanned with top notch repair parts.. They actually have a jewelers polish rating.

It's not lonely owning Mac as you can see.

No I don't have any Mac paraphernalia other than a Bulldog from a MACK Tractor..

Regards

Why would anybody listen to this guy?  Physically disgusting and doesn't know what he's talking about.

I bet Mikey would be open to someone bringing some McIntosh amps to replace the amps he has in his system. I would bet money that the McIntosh amps would not sound nearly as good as his current amps sound. Just my guess, but Mikey would have McIntosh amps in his system if they sounded better than what he has. He was just giving his educated opinion….nothing else. 

I am a fairly hard core audio guy.  MacIntosh has place in our world.  I remember as a teen in the early 1970's I would DROOL at the C28 pre-amp.  Father of a friend of mine knew I was an audio nut.  He asked me to help him pick out a really nice system.  Easy, all MacIntosh - A C28 plus whatever was their top of the line tuner and amp with meters.  JBL L200 speakers.  Dual 1219 turntable and some super nice Sure cartridge.  For 1974 this was a serious system.

Later that year I got a job working for AR (Acoustic Research) and I started to hear things differently.  Like most of us our listening matured as did the equipment.  By 1979 I was deep into Mark Levinson, particularly his first class-a amps. Add 40 years to that and assume I have listened to some fine systems over the years. 

Recently my friends father that bought the system in 1974 passed away.  We were at his house and couldn't resist putting on some records.  The warm blue lights of the C28 looked great.  There was a new LP12 and better cartridge.  The L200's and old MacIntosh still put on a hell of a fine performance.  

That system worked, and continues to, for forty plus years.  Lots of great listening, lots of parties.  My friend is moving the system to his summer house in Maine.

He has a super nice current audio system - but the old C28 and L200's will live on.