accuphase compare to mcintosh

Michael Fremer says Ypsilon preamp is the best there is. Anyone heard it? Never heard Accuphase, heard some Mac a few years ago, not their best stuff, and couldn't care less about the sound though maybe the cables were junk or not a good match. And it appears that both Accuphase and Mac are overpriced. More or same money as LAMM and Rowland? Give me a break.

Fremer might've got too excited and exaggerated it a little but I would think that most likely that Greek thing is really great even if they use junk grade parts; probably not. And his vote is not quite like everyone else's.
You say NASA grade parts? NASA itself has so many failures in addition to successes that you know what? I don't want similar grade parts in my amp. Military grade would do just fine.

I think that those manufacturers who read this are quite entertained by this NASA stuff. Also, those NASA grade parts should be able to interact with each other in a NASA grade style or it would be such a waist.
And, Audiozen, please keep your zen and don't call others names for no good reason.

Right. Great engineer will make an excellent sounding amp using off the shelf parts of reasonably good quality.
The same with speakers. How many times did you encounter expensive speakers that used "NASA grade" tweeters and woofers that just didn't sound right?
Skill first, parts second.

In any case, I would suggest listening to other brands too.
Drinking by the label has limited value. Oops, to take it literally I do drink by the label but still try to keep an open mind.
NASA or no NASA, happy journey.