Mcintosh - Love Em' or Hate Em' ......Why?


I have owned new and old Mcintosh and loved my experiences with the product. Right now I have a MC-162 in my system and it sounds great! Very transparent and not too anylitical or fatiguing. It seems that everyone has such strong opinions about different Mcintosh products good and bad. I have had all positive experiences. I would like for people to share their opinions and experiences good and bad.
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I sold 2 MC 352's and bought an mc 2000 I love it.
I sold my C42 and bought a C100 I love it even more.
My cat knocked my mcd 751 (I think that is the number) 5 feet onto a tile floor. Broke the face plate...but I still love it. Can't wait to get it back from Mcintosh. I have listened to a lot of equip but I have not been moved to change course. Current set up is ML requests, Ml descent sub mc 2000, c100, mc 751 cd with the mac dac. Mit 750 shotgun biwired cables and a dedicated circuit to power it all.

If you like what you hear then trust your ears and be happy. If you want what others tell you is good, save your money and get a good book.
Not sure if this will be lost, like a radio signal in space, when there is no one left behind to hear. But 10 years after my last post I am happy to say i am still loving my MAC suff. Have kept the mc 2000, added the C1000(c) a mda 1000 and an mcd 1000 ( few years ago). put in a mmf9.1 turntable with a low output goldring eroica lx mc cartridge. put it all on a dedicated circuit to reduce any noise and added a ac-dc-ac converter. Got rid of my martin logans ( do miss em) and replaced with Eggelston Andra II's. still have the old gear c100 / mc275 / mcd 751 and mda 700 music hall mmf 3 with grado phono stage running some sonus faber conchiertos. How may of you guys have found a stable sonic preference by now? i know we all had to compromise on certain issues and equip over the years, But can u sit down at night and put on an album and say...damn i still love this stuff.

pleased to hear.