I'll give you that all three of the standard mac's are nasty... I've tried just about all of them... the ones i like are the Vintage or gold lable...
BUT, on that note, i went to buy some of those suggested cigars today and i picked up a Baccarat and a Casa Torano... I smoked the Baccarat already, and at a 5th of the price i pay for those mac vintage, it was a better smoke. I also realized when i saw the Casa Torano that i had smoked one before; a friend of mine had given it to me some time ago and i like it alot too... So now, I'd still smoke a Mac Vintage if someone gave me one, but i couldn't very well justify spending the money for one when i could pick up Baccarat so cheap. Thanks for those suggestions and i'm now going to work my way through the rest of that list plus the ones in the linked forums.