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| Why the hate for mcintosh amps? @fenmoore12 - logic dictates that in circumstances where a piece of equipment sounds better than another but less money was spent on improving the looks (or adding unnecessary, sound degrading meters) and the cost is lower than an inferior soundin... | |
| Why the hate for mcintosh amps? femoore12 - by logic that means you would rather have inferior SQ to a better looking component for the same money. Remember, nothing is ever exactly equal when comparing the SQ of two products.Are you an interior decorator or something?Best sound... | |
| Why the hate for mcintosh amps? @jb1 - I guess 99.9% of audiophiles have Frankenstein systems. Very few manufacturers offer all components (maybe Rega and Linn?) and even they may not have all the components of a CD system.I do like turntables sold with arms from the same manufa... | |
| Why the hate for mcintosh amps? @audioquest4life - sorry to hear about your back surgery. Like I said, that’s why I said the 911 would be my car so long as I can get in and out of it. They guy who traded in my GTS was waiting for the next gen GT3 after they had to replace all th... | |
| Why the hate for mcintosh amps? @audioquest4life I don’t have any other room where I could possibly expect the stereo to sound as good, and if I did, I am sure I would not be able to listen to it as much as I do now.I am curious as to why you don’t list a Porsche. I had an aweso... | |
| Why the hate for mcintosh amps? I am by no means a McIntosh hater. If people like how they sound and represent a good resale value in case you want to get rid of them, more power to you.I put them (maybe mistakenly) in the same category with the old B&O stuff. Cool looking, ... | |
| Why the hate for mcintosh amps? There is a market for everything….I bet all stereo manufacturers sales are way up with people staying home during the pandemic, assuming they can meet the demand. A rising tide lifts all boats.Some people have to have blue meters, regardless of SQ... | |
| Turntable versus tonearm versus cartridge: which is MOST important? $500 cartridge on a $10K table. Not even close. Trolling question. | |
| You can go home again Music - absolutely, although tastes have expanded a bit and a few bands are reduced significantly in the record rotation. Stereo - definitely not. Every time I make an improvement (or especially when I moved), I wish I could have always heard some... | |
| Why the hate for mcintosh amps? Rolexes are jewelry and it is ridiculous to compare McIntosh to Rolex unless you never intend to play it. The most accurate timepieces are quartz, but they don't have a sweeping second hand. I prefer that but realize it may lose a minute or two a ... | |
| You own a store, you sell 2 brands, which? KEF and Rega, although you need cables. OK van den Hul. | |
| SUT Advice - Which Ones Are The Best? If the phono stage has gain settings up to 60 or 65DB in addition to impedence selections for cartridge flexibility, why do you need an SUT? It would seem logical that more connectors introduce more distortion.If you are talking about an SUT inste... | |
| Poor Customer Service Sutherland phono stages - incredible support by Ron Sutherland (answers the phone himeself) who spent over an hour talking about a power supply upgrade for $350 and then guided me through the installation of the board. He said he is honored to hav... | |
| why do so many discussions turn contentious? I have learned a lot from this site in the past few years, much of which has enabled me to improve the sound of my system for far less $$ than swapping out boxes, which may or may not improve my sound. In decades of stereo enjoyment these improvem... | |
| A turntable that plays all types of music well @motorcyclphil - the question isn’t whether improvements in the turntable sound better or not- of course they do, and especially Linn is known for options, almost, but not quite like Porsche. It was whether turntables play different kinds of music... |