Mac amps are built extremely well. They're the kind of gear that if you take care of it, it'll last for decades. A lot of them already have

Power wins IMHO

I would say that efficiency wins, IMO

are mcintosh amps really that good? i would love to test one out

Do it at home where you can enjoy it...of course for the money you'd have to spend there are tons of options then.

actually im not home long enough to really enjoy it... my HT setup is really ghetto but it works until i actually use it more and decide to trash it. But luckily theres already dvd-audio receivers for HT so i can finally hear my growing collection

I wouldn't use McIntosh for home theater, anyway

Personally I am not interested in home theater. Playing movies and tv through 2 really good channels is better than 5 bought for the same money.

but think of 5 really good channels :runlaugh:

Personally I am not interested in home theater. Playing movies and tv through 2 really good channels is better than 5 bought for the same money.

I'm not sure if I can agree with this statement. Music, I agree 100% that 2 channels are better as would a majority of others.

I think I like 5.1 more for video games more than movies though.

I just setup my first HT, but have hooked them up for others. I used a set of big home speakers, hung some tiny little 3ways on the wall for rears, and bought a center on ebay used since the voices did not work well without it. It sounds ok but what a pain in the rear, the thing is worse than my car subs...volume changes with every channel so it is only good for a movie or I turn it off. Then it gets loud and quiet, I set the night thing but what a bunch of screwing around. I hardly have time for movies, that is why I never had one set up before. Some tv like music or action shows can be cool on it or in stereo. It is a 100w/ch 5.1 amp. However just before that my old TV took a dump, it had speaker outs and a 5 band EQ. It was great; TV was in stereo on home speakers all the time with no fuss. I've had that for 15yr or so usually with a set of 3 way 10" home speakers on it and I miss it. On top of that it had a set of RCA outs that were volume controlled I ran into my HK stereo if I needed some thunder.

My car is about the only place I listen to music these days, once in a while on the PC...unless I can get in the back garage then I fire up an old home amp on dual 12 towers. I like all that sound stuff, just no time now.

Personally I am not interested in home theater. Playing movies and tv through 2 really good channels is better than 5 bought for the same money.

I'm not sure if I can agree with this statement. Music, I agree 100% that 2 channels are better as would a majority of others.

I think I like 5.1 more for video games more than movies though.

5.1 is heaven for just those reasons... also actual 5.1 music is pretty good but selection is very limited