Believe it or not? After I invested quite a bit of money in my system, the only amp got to stay is a pair of McIntosh MC-275. I don't think this is by chance. I have the Avalon Ediolon speakers, though it might not be the best and most expensive speakers around, but it is definitely one of the finest speakers. I have owned two turntables with four arms altogether and back up with not less than seven top of the range cartridges. I have also within the same system, six phono stages;namely ASR Exclusive,TomEvan The Groove, Whest 2.0,47Lab Phonocube,AudioResearch Ref Phono coupled with its Ref Pre 2 MkII, and EAR834P. For digital front, i have the Burmester 969/970 combo. All these, depend on the configuration from time to time for my listening pleasure,will link to my Ultimate CAT pre. I run MC-275 in mono for my Ediolon. Irregardless of whichever configuration I have, MC-275 has always made my system sing. I enjoy the way it renders decay in instrumental notes and voice. It has deep bass with good extension and it is the 3 demensionality in its presentation that makes it so special compared to other amps I owned before. Those amps that come and go include Jadis 500A, AudioResearch VT-100mkII,VTL ichiban,VTL300,VTL Tinytriode,Jadis 300B,Hurricane ASL etc...
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.