We should include MC2505, 250, 2105 ,2100 and of course the Best tube amp Mc ever built in the 20th Century the 3500. After all in 2 years they will be 50 years old. My 2505 is still going strong, though it is operating about 25% the time of the HT system. Considering everything do we all realize what a miracle the Mcintosh story is?. Marantz as an American company is gone as is the original Harmon Kardon. Sure Harmon exsisted as company until just recently, but that company wasn't the old HK. Altec is gone, EV is not a consumer product company any more. Only Klipsch and Mcintosh are left. Every Klipsch and Mac can be restored and made better or as good as new. I wish Empire had been able to stick around for the resurgence of the LP. Thrones, is not the old Thorens either. Tannoy is still with us to a small extent. SME is doing well.
But I miss the Mcintosh people too. Frank M, Gordon, his son Frank Gow, the best Mac salesman ever. The effervescent, friendly and very talented Davie O'brien will be missed the most with Charles Lucas a close second. They were the folks that were the foundation that built Mcintosh. But its folks like Charle R that we have to be most thankful for today. For with out folks like him there would be no new Mac for us to dream about and the fundamental organization to keep our collectables at the top of the most wanted list! Would we still want Mac if it were owned by a oriental company again being built in China, without any knowledge of the original Mcintosh? I wouldn't have just bought my MX 151, MVP 891 or MP-100 for sure. I'd still have my Stereo system, but would be using my once again restored Crown amps. No HT theatre, still with my C-29, with out the C-34, MVP 861, etc etc. But Mac is still alive and I have enjoyed 10 year of new discoveries to date and look for ward to at least another 10. Will Mac survive like GE, Ford or Dodge or will it be the next Duisenberg? Will the original 275 be worth $44,000, then or $44.00?
I should also give a big Hurrah for the folks at Audio Classics and Terry Dewick that keep our units performing like new! For with out them we would truly be lost.