Sansui or McIntosh...

[brandon090]

Im looking for yet another receiver/integrated that will sound good with whatever i run with it. I currently have L100's which i plan on keeping, or trading for another pair of JBL's down the road and having a pair of Klipsch HIP/Industrial Heresy's. Im not sure if i want the nice lush, Marantz-like sound of the AU-11000 or 22000, i came from a AU-999 which i sold a year ago and somewhat miss, or just go all out and instead of a lush amp, just get what lush really means with a tube amp which means McIntosh. Im looking at the MAC line but i heard the 4100 is better than the 1900 and i really want that fun, tube like sound, when i need to veer away from the neutrality of my SX-1250. What do you guys think?

 

[sKiZo]

BOTH!

 

[KentTeffeteller]

I have owned and lived with both makes. I like both makes. Older Sansui pre-1975 has your sound you like. The 4000 is very like that, warm and mellow. Excellent bass drive. I like the McIntosh receivers a lot, the MAC 1900 was my previous mainstay. Mine took sick (balance pot and volume pot had issues and no more balance pot). I loved how mine sounded. I now use a Sansui 4000 which was my backup to it. The MAC 4100 is a little more modern sounding than the MAC 1900. It has better parts support and some improvements.