The nice thing about McIntosh is you buy it once and you keep it for life -- yes their stuff is really made that well! Some will complain about the price, but the fact is, McIntosh equipment holds their value very well. You can buy one of their amps new and trade it in 10 years later and only lose a small amount of money.
@harryh892
4 жыл бұрын
Indeed. Better yet they can actually continue to repair their equipment. It's not intended for the trash should something wear out.
@stanstanly3812
Жыл бұрын
2:40 A WONDERFUL STATEMENT MR. RANDALL....BRAVO
@LawrenceLouie
4 жыл бұрын
Running a Mcintosh MAC1700 from 1968, Still sounds amazing.
@hishamosman4341
2 жыл бұрын
How many manufacturers that you send your equiptment back after 30-40 years and the it can still be serviced and repaired? The word for McIntosh is quality! That's exactly what you get to be honest? The compatability of McIntosh gear is second to none
@reggiekendrick2220
10 жыл бұрын
Thumbs up, ALL DAY LONG. It would be great if a lot more companies practiced McIntosh's philosophy.
@hueroski
4 жыл бұрын
Seriously, even Trump Ties are made overseas.
@LAREXJR
9 жыл бұрын
Mcintosh......The Rolex of Audio Equipment
@DJURBANBG
7 жыл бұрын
what companies ?
@Sams911
3 жыл бұрын
@@DJURBANBG McIntosh is great stuff, no doubt, certainly in the amp/pre amp realm, but for example, I wouldn't buy one of their DAC's... for that, the top of the food chain would be dCS, maybe Linn behind them, or Chord. All three British brands interestingly.
@blackrifle6736
Жыл бұрын
*3:50**: Precious is the smile on Jeff's face when Mark Knopfler/Dire Straits is played at 0dB. Mine also, just because... Cheers!*
@patchesw3815
Жыл бұрын
I own several McIntosh components and they’re worth every dollar you spend on them. I wish more American companies would learn from McIntosh about what real American quality is and means.
@Sams911
3 жыл бұрын
the fact that they refuse to make their stuff in China (and other cheap labor markets) is a huge reason I am a loyal customer and fan... I also own dCS (Digital Conversion Systems) stuff made in the UK.... it's not about America ... it's about quality stuff made by well taken care off and proud employees.
@beribear7956
5 жыл бұрын
One of the best sounding, overpriced, but most beautiful equipment I’ve ever seen.
@chrisgately4358
2 жыл бұрын
It's pricy but not overpriced. If you were to try to make one of their products for yourself, it would cost you much more than if you had bought it from them.
@DirectX3
10 жыл бұрын
From Marantz, McIntosh, Threshold, Classe, Mark Levinson, Pass Labs, then I am back to McIntosh last year. Others have many different sweet spot but Mac is natural, detail, and dynamic. My ears will not feel tired after hours of listening.
@dougodyssey50
5 жыл бұрын
Marantz lost their way for a long time. They finally came back strong with the PM88SE.
@jaycoleman8062
8 ай бұрын
I love my MA-252 and XR50 speakers very much. They will be around long after I am gone....
@denniswaske
3 жыл бұрын
still using the preamp & amp that i bought used in 1972
@mabpaint1
10 жыл бұрын
There is a lot of good equipment on the market. But after you have had a MAC ATTACK you can never go BACK!
@kenhaig6657
3 жыл бұрын
I purchased my first McIntosh in 1977, since then I’ve opened over 60 boxes and would never own anything else!
@victorclare9376
4 жыл бұрын
I HAVE A C28 AND MC2105 THAT I BOUGHT IN 1971 AN IT SOUND AS GOOD TODAY AS IT DID IN 1971.. MADE I N AMERICA .. THANK YOU MCINTOSH
@seanwatts8342
3 жыл бұрын
KEY QUESTION: Are the tubes US made?
@chrisgately4358
2 жыл бұрын
@@seanwatts8342, The C-28 and the MC 2105 are solid state.
@seanwatts8342
2 жыл бұрын
@@chrisgately4358 That was a trick question... I'm surprised anybody got that in less than a year.
@chrisgately4358
2 жыл бұрын
Sean Watts, I happen to have an MC 2105 powering the monitors in my basement recording studio.
@gregorytrane7828
7 жыл бұрын
I've been an audio geek for over 48 years and have owned or extensively listened to every audio product, both foreign and domestic in that time. The American made amps always seemed a bit if not completely more realistic, satisfying and well rounded in solid engineering and implementation of voice and instruments reproduced to exacting standards of the actual performance. The U.S. can be greatly proud of this heritage. To this point nothing before, since or presently accomplishes this performance better than McIntosh. This is the reason why I own 2 different models and will never part with them until death. The British seem to have the handle on speakers as well as the U.S. and am also a proud owner of B&W's. Back to the amps, the longevity and consistency of performance is also legendary in the McIntosh brand amps as well. Quality, not quantity always seems to come first with them and their build quality and workmanship is second to none. What else needs to be said.
@johnumek5273
4 жыл бұрын
Gregory Trane here, here, bravo my good chap.
@cengeb
4 жыл бұрын
Legacy Audio loudspeakers blow away most, the Valor and or V models...DSP, built in ICE, 2020, join it
@chrisgately4358
2 жыл бұрын
Macs and B&W speakers are an excellent match. I have a pair of MC 240's (in mono) and B&W 803 Matrix's here. I have little, if any, desire to upgrade.
@JMNTN
8 жыл бұрын
Luxman is made in japan, the home country of hifi
@Star_Sn1per
7 жыл бұрын
Japanese craftsmanship rules!!
@cybernaut667
6 жыл бұрын
Luxman, Rotel, Sansui, Accuphase.. For even less money, also excellent built : Yamaha, Denon, Onkyo..
@catsbyondrepair
4 жыл бұрын
@@cybernaut667 Sony kicks all of thier asses
@jefffuehr366
8 жыл бұрын
Americans should be very proud that mcintosh is made in the USA. because that is a damn fine product, that completely exceeds all expectations.
@APRIL2862
8 жыл бұрын
Dear Andrew Ward, My only amp is the Mattes SSP200 that I bought in the 1960's, never a problem and still the most fantastic sound ever as long as you use a straight line preamp. (I use a Carver). I became an audio nut in the early 60's and spent at least twice a month going to the so called high end audio stores for years in Cleveland and Akron Ohio. You'll be hard pressed to find a Mattes these days, they're going for over $200 used on Ebay. Back in the day, Mac only had the 275 to compete with the Mattes at 200 RMS, and I went to the Mattes factory in Chicago and met with the Chief Engineer who bumped my Mattes up to 120 RMS per channel !!!!!!!!!!! WOW! The sound is beyond anything ever made, I don't care what outlandish high price you pay for anything on the market, which is quite a statement for sure, BUT I would love to A-B a test with anything out there to prove what I and few others know!
@alexmoldovan7557
5 жыл бұрын
Once I heard a McIntosh and I have to say, I was blown away about ho good dose my Denon sound
@weiserb
11 жыл бұрын
They forgot to mention that they will fix almost any piece they ever made at a very reasonable cost. McIntosh does not use service as a profit center, like many other brands do. Chuck was also very helpful during the hook up of a HT Processor
@billwillard9410
5 жыл бұрын
weiserb I’m currently having issues getting an MC2200 amplifier fixed because some parts are very hard to find - can’t even get them from McIntosh. Some resistor values are extremely hard to find, and not just any output transistor will work.
@DAVIDSDIEGO
11 жыл бұрын
Great insight!
@MrChikaKure
3 жыл бұрын
Mile Nestorovic, the Serbian audio wizard, who designed the MC-3500 Amp. and many more, used on Greatfull dead and Woodstock, he launched the Mcintosh into space with his knowledge...
@harryh892
3 жыл бұрын
I didn't need to, you just did - thanks for adding your comment.
@heroesunplugged
6 жыл бұрын
While they may assemble everything here in the states, they do get many of their boards from Marantz and Denon (China). They build around these to make most of the processors, CD players, most anything that is digital. You're paying for a McIntosh power supply and a few McIntosh pieces that complete them. It is hard to beat the looks of McIntosh glass face, especially if you get an amp with the nice blue analog meters, but you pay a premium for beauty!
@jeronimonavarropinero2718
11 жыл бұрын
Potencia, Definición y Fiabilidad a toda prueba......!
@smallenginedude71
8 жыл бұрын
"sure, but my quality will suffer, and i dont want that to happen". perfect response. good to see that stuff is still being made where stuff is made properly.
@ab7494
5 жыл бұрын
What a bullshit.
@kwd-kwd
5 жыл бұрын
@Joe Al source for that info, I have been to the factory, have you?
@whateverrrrrr123
4 жыл бұрын
Damn good stuff
@shawnmcintosh1574
4 жыл бұрын
FEEL the MUSIC !!!
@MikeGervasi
4 жыл бұрын
I saw one of the McIntosh amps from Woodstock at the Bethel Museum. Also the Dead's Wall Of Sound was designed by Owsley.
@cengeb
4 жыл бұрын
No amps could ever make Greatful DEAD sound good
@musicman257
4 жыл бұрын
I would love to be able to afford a top notch Mcintosh system
@ejr1953
11 жыл бұрын
Back in the day, I had an MC225 power amp, replaced some tubes and the tube cage and was offered a handsome price, above what I paid for the unit & upgrades. I then was able to purchase an MC275, but being in college, could not afford to make the necessary repairs to the unit, which has become a classic. I suspect, if I'd fixed up the MC275 and it was in good condition, it would be worth somewhere north of $5k today!
@philipgreen7445
4 жыл бұрын
Evan, MC 225's are advertised over $5K today. I have 2. See Audioclassics.com for current pricing.
@Dreez76
11 жыл бұрын
I LOVE music, its my biggest passion in life, to sit down and listen to a good CD or Vinyl, and one of my dreams is to own a Mcintosh pre-amp + amp. But with the prices they carry, it will remain a dream, unless i find a goodwilled multi-milionarie that donates them to me. I am currently saving up for a pair or B&W CM8. I wanted a pair of B&W CM10, but they're way too expensive.
@cengeb
6 жыл бұрын
Same company also owns Audio Research, also made here,
@orange70383
9 жыл бұрын
I heart NOS Genalex kt88's
@ronaldsantosjapan
11 жыл бұрын
I wonder who at CBS got the free amp for this free commercial? Not that I wouldn't do the same for a McIntosh.
@duanewhite3184
5 жыл бұрын
Sure wish I could afford a system of that quality but I am disabled and can't work so I can dream thow
@mcintoshkid
5 жыл бұрын
I cannot effort a McIntosh but ond day I wolli hope
@jamesng45678
9 жыл бұрын
What is the song at 2.57 in the video?
@thinaharran
8 жыл бұрын
DYer MaKer by Led Zep
@johnclark7633
10 ай бұрын
My 2300 still sounds great
@Racedoc
3 жыл бұрын
Dire Straits is the Bible to test music quality. McIntosh is my choice when it comes to hifi.
@cengeb
11 жыл бұрын
Crown is the major live event amplifier
@kwd-kwd
4 жыл бұрын
they are cheaper, not better.
@blueribb99
5 жыл бұрын
I would love to see a blind test using McIntosh and a few other much cheaper amps.
@kwd-kwd
5 жыл бұрын
I've done it, the MC amps are warmer and control speaker woofers better. I have had TONS of other amps in my house. It's Mc for me. the others aren't bad, but thay all lost to Mac. sure others cost less, but none sound as good to me.
@ersiedakin37
9 жыл бұрын
The Beatles at Shea was 1965, not 1964.
@nhiennewimageduong3015
9 жыл бұрын
Thay La tuyet voi 275
@cengeb
2 жыл бұрын
Components are bought and made where? U.s. has no parts makers
@marsazorean62
3 жыл бұрын
How about Marshall?
@joe6096
3 жыл бұрын
Marshall makes mainly guitar amps and equipment, different kind of amplifier. That is for live instruments. McIntosh makes home audio equipment. Completely different ballgame. You can't play a CD player through a Marshall stack. Well, you could, but it would sound like crap lol.
@Mr39036ce
6 жыл бұрын
Most people will never get it,the quality and longevity thing.Reality is if a McIntosh cost $100 and some off brand was $95,they would never spend the five bucks thinking how they saved.Fact is,they will never know how they cheated themselves.
@lovablevietboy
11 жыл бұрын
I don't think you have to be a millionaire to afford it. I, myself work at a restaurant and going to school. I just save my money and spend it wisely.
@alexmoldovan7557
5 жыл бұрын
If its not spent for overrated crap like Mc amps then yes, it's wisely spent money
@franticfreak3648
6 жыл бұрын
The stockholders are the customers. This is how Anerica was built.......not in china for the 1%.
@minaiacom
11 жыл бұрын
Mac
@moretroops
11 жыл бұрын
Mac don't crack.
@meithink642
3 жыл бұрын
thank you health insurers, thank you finance nerds.........for ruining most small companies that made america great. 'that would ruin quality, and I won't allow that to happen'.........WOWZER
@henkvermalen
6 жыл бұрын
Yea quality will suffer, yea right!
@cengeb
4 жыл бұрын
No amount of watts makes Grateful dead music listenable,
@willytv5345
8 жыл бұрын
I have personally heard the full "Mcintosh Dream System" at a dealer... the most RIDICULOUS, OVERPRICED system I have heard. If you want a real "musical" system, then steer clear of Mcintosh.
@kwd-kwd
5 жыл бұрын
@bcdhifi modern designes are too complicated to do in point to point. Technology moves forward, sure the old stuff was good, the new stuff is better.
@kwd-kwd
4 жыл бұрын
@bcdhifi not at all, Technology improves as time moves forward. No company would come out with newer product that under performed compared to their older stuff, that simply wouldn't make sense. I have read there are new standards the new 275 had to comply to in order to be legal to sell here and other places so it really couldn't be made the way the old ones were. I'm not new to audio, tubes add noise.
@RealHIFIHelp
4 жыл бұрын
It's all sweet with the whole american legacy thing. But let's not kid ourselves, it is not made overseas, but the parts come from overseas. (china) And that for me, does not make it american. You can get a lot of good value from China. But it comes nowhere close to special designed parts that only Japan can produce.
@urwholefamilydied
8 жыл бұрын
the "mcAIR"???!! seriously? I get making a wi-fi or bluetooth product for today's demands, but please don't dumb down a classic, reputable, serious company with such a dumb marketing oriented name. If Mcdonald's released a wifi product, they would name it that... I expected more from one of my favorite hi-fi amp companies of all time.
@totalbliss1
5 жыл бұрын
Who cares what they call it. There's another American, mainly headphone amp company that calls themselves Schitt (pronounced shit) with one of their cheapest amps called Fulla. Everyone within the headphone world recognizes that company for making really quality products at an affordable price more than other companies. My point being, it's the reputation you create for your company that precedes you. You can call it whatever you want to but people will judge it by the name you built for yourself and the name McIntosh is very high.
@cengeb
11 жыл бұрын
get some Legacy Audio speakers, blow away B&W, WHISPER
@ericdeperik9387
8 жыл бұрын
His quality will sufer??? Sounds like yet another American who has never left his homestate. Never heard of the Japanese Accuphase before for instance. They stay modest and are not such screamers.
@ericdeperik9387
7 жыл бұрын
McDonalds tastes the same all over the globe, so if they can manage it McIntosh can also. I compare McIntosh not with Sony but with Accuphase or Burmester to name another. They last a lifetime to.
@82ivaylo
7 жыл бұрын
I have 16 years old Sony es amplifier and it still works great. I will take Accuphase over McIntosh.
@ericdeperik9387
7 жыл бұрын
Sony es line is good stuff to. I listen to a Sansui ca-3000 and ba-5000 a set from the 70s. It sounds as good as it looks.
@82ivaylo
7 жыл бұрын
Wow, it's something special from Sansui.
@tomcollinsverfedtm1122
7 жыл бұрын
That's some downright bullshit. There are Sony amplifiers built in the 1960s that are still functioning today. If you're talking about modern Sony, they also offer products at roughly the same price point as McIntosh going by the moniker "ES" and I guarantee that they are built as well if not better than equivalent McIntosh gear - especially optical disc and DAC products.
@cengeb
6 жыл бұрын
Mcintosh still couldn't make the Grateful Dead any good
@kwd-kwd
4 жыл бұрын
while I like the dead some, thats funny!
@cengeb
11 жыл бұрын
And it's owned by whom now? another FOREIGN company. They also are now selling LifeStyle systems, can you think of a BLOSE?
@kwd-kwd
5 жыл бұрын
Bose does not even touch McIntosh, you are talking about things you have never experienced.
@APRIL2862
8 жыл бұрын
I've heard better, and have better, for far less, that last just as long.
@cengeb
4 жыл бұрын
McIntosh is on life support, been bought n sold, and it's owned by Foreign, what a joke...hardly the quality that meets the hype
@David-jj9jh
4 жыл бұрын
Owned by Mcintosh Group. American company.
@cengeb
4 жыл бұрын
@@David-jj9jh Wrong, it was just a name change, same group owns focal, Audio research, and a few others, consolidation, just like car companies trying to survive...expensive audio is a dead industry, this ain't the 50's and 60's, when all there was was a record player
@cengeb
4 жыл бұрын
@@David-jj9jh The Fine Sounds Group project took shape in 2007, when the asset management company Quadrivio SGR - main shareholder of the group - acquired the brand Sonus Faber, an Italian company specializing in high-end loudspeakers. In 2009 Mauro Grange joined the group as CEO of Sonus Faber. The "buy and build" strategy carried on by Quadrivio resulted in the acquisition of Audio Research in 2009,[1] Sumiko in 2010,[2] Wadia in 2011[3] and McIntosh Laboratories in 2012,[4] which constitute the holdings of Fine Sounds Group. Through the acquisition of these brands, Fine Sounds Group became a relevant holding company in the sector of high-end audio, with €50 million sales in 2011.[5] The holding company took part in an official event as one unique family for the first time in 2013, with the participation in the Munich High End Show.[6] On 9 May 2014 Mauro Grange and Charlie Randall, president of McIntosh Laboratory, Inc., announced their plans for a management buyout of Fine Sounds Group in partnership with LBO France and Yarpa, including a relocation of the Headquarters from Milan to New York.[7] On 10 August 2016 Fine Sounds Group was officially renamed McIntosh Group.[8] In July 2017 McIntosh Group appointed Jeff Poggi to co-Chief Executive Officer and Board member.[9]
@cengeb
4 жыл бұрын
My VanAlstine amps run about 1200-1400W RMS I use 4 in my home stereo, sounds better, and costs less, not paying for goofy boxes, and over glitzy useless meters
@ecm673
11 жыл бұрын
Made 100 % in USA, I am laughing !!
@willytv5345
6 жыл бұрын
McIntosh is HIDEOUSLY over-priced gear... I have heard/owned a shit-ton of gear over the last 25 years and can honestly say that I have heard/owned audio equipment that was a FRACTION of the price of their gear and sounded better. It's just a name... like Bose. Ever heard a SET tube amp? Then you have not heard beutiful sound yet.... try an 8-watt SET tube amplifier. McIntosh was also bought out recently.
@fellingd1
5 жыл бұрын
fuck bose
@kwd-kwd
4 жыл бұрын
I have had a SET amp the MC 452 blows it out of the water, and no I don't mean it can play louder either.
@catsbyondrepair
4 жыл бұрын
They are not any better than any other amp company.
@cengeb
2 жыл бұрын
Lots of nonsense, hype.....putting an auto transformer output on a solid state amp is as dumb as it gets
@cengeb
11 жыл бұрын
Crown is the major live event amplifier
@kwd-kwd
5 жыл бұрын
Crown is fatiguing to listen to, listen to an MC 452, you won't want your crown anymore.
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