Did you pre-order your pair yet, Joe?
Wow! I bet those would make your Stradavari's sing, bud!
Just make sure you get two of 'em.
Why anyone would need 1,200 watts for a pair of speakers is absurd. A speaker doesn’t know whether an amplifier has 1,200 watts or 300 watts. A watt is a watt. If the McIntosh amplifier is designed properly, they should both perform to the same specifications!
Yes, but these go to 12, never mind 11.
That may be true, but all amps have a different QUALITY of sound. The original 1.2KW had a torquey kind of flow/push to the music that was undeniable.
This was my thinking.The reason they did that is they had to go with another vendor for parts, so they decided to also redesign the chassis. When they change inside parts they give it a new name is all. I got this from one of the McIntosh reps at a local audio store when Mac was presenting there.
How’s that even remotely possible? Care to explain what causes them to sound different from other McIntosh amplifiers that are in production? If you’re going to make these claims, then the burden of proof is on you.
This was my thinking.
Differences are subtle. But they can be heard. If you have speakers that take 1200 watts it is even more noticeable 1200 from 300. Going from non quad balanced to quad balanced is also noticeable if you are pushing them. Less noise up top. If I can notice 1000 wpc amp differences in sound between MC2500s bridged to MC1000s I am sure the 1.25KW would sound different driving my XR290S Don’t knock it until you try it. I have tried four different amps same speakers same room. Yes different. A single MC2500 sound different than two.Why anyone would need 1,200 watts for a pair of speakers is absurd. A speaker doesn’t know whether an amplifier has 1,200 watts or 300 watts. A watt is a watt. If the McIntosh amplifier is designed properly, they should both perform to the same specifications!
I know, right. 1200 wpc is absurd!Why anyone would need 1,200 watts for a pair of speakers is absurd. A speaker doesn’t know whether an amplifier has 1,200 watts or 300 watts. A watt is a watt. If the McIntosh amplifier is designed properly, they should both perform to the same specifications!
When you say it as though it’s a “fact” and then dodge the question, it makes you look very foolish. Here’s quote Stereognat from another thread:Burden of proof? I don't have to prove anything, that's my "opinion".
To suggest that one sounds different from the other means that one or the other is coloring the signal (or even both). The guiding principle of McIntosh had always been firmly grounded in NO coloration. Coloration is measured as DISTORTION. When a McIntosh is spec @ x watts 20-20,000 hz with no more than y% THD, it either performs to that spec or it does not. Pure and simple. If one performs and sounds different than another, either it’s out of spec and needs service or mcintosh is LYING about their performance specs!
That’s what specifications are for, which McIntosh happily provides on their website.Have you heard the MC1.2KWs compared to other McIntosh amps? I have.
Please elaborate.There's an ease and flow to these amps that other amps do not exhibit.
That’s great, buy what makes you happy!A lot of people I know do not like the MC1.2KW amps, I do. I'm looking forward to the new MC1.25KW amps. Thank you McIntosh. So whether it's a new design or not, it is what it is.
If you showed someone two identical photos of the color brown, and they said that “one looks darker than the other”, would you let them know?Why is everyone getting so testy lately. It's music, not rocket science.
Sarcasm?I know, right. 1200 wpc is absurd!
1200 watts per channel is an absurdity for a speaker that’s 96dB sensitive as it wouldn’t take very much to start inflicting permanent AND (auditory nerve damage)!I know, right. 1200 wpc is absurd!