MannyE
Exterminate!
If there's going to be exposed tubes where they may be knocked about, the cages make sense.
100% I agree. I can only imagine that they come off with a tug or some other easy way to allow for tube rolling.
If there's going to be exposed tubes where they may be knocked about, the cages make sense.
It looks like McIntosh is continuing down the path of products that are more of an abomination than the last.
An integrated turntable......really.....seriously!?
It appears that the hideous tube cages are here to stay. What a joke of a lifestyle product. I guess the logic is to slap on the logo and it will be a hit. Yeah....silly crap like this will drive away the core audience for their products and dilute the brand.
Any company which, having lost its reputation for excellence and exclusivity, will find it very hard to regain.
Several people have said here that McIntosh needs to do this sort of thing to stay afloat. Is there some reason to believe that McIntosh is in dire straits financially?
A company which cannot stay afloat charging what McIntosh does for its products needs to re-examine its practices. That doesn't mean throwing away your good reputation.
Who said McIntosh needed to be in dire straights financially before they bring out new products younger generations are interested in ?
...if McIntosh dosent start putting out products that interest millennials raised on earbuds they will be in the same spot as Harley Davidson within a decade once my generation kicks off .
Let's have a show of hands ,how many who are bashing this new Mcintosh TT have funds set aside to purchase a brand new piece of McIntosh gear within the next 6 months ? And what piece of gear is it ?
the venom being displayed twords the most beloved Audio manufacturer on this site perplexed the shit out of me to see for sure .
This venom is tripping me out
their use of Autoformers makes 70% of the ultra high end buyers loathe McIntosh amps .
1970s styling and Autoformer topology to create a 1,000 to 1,500 watt non Autoformer amp/monoblocks that allow the amps to double down into 4 and 2 ohm loads ,.
Isn't this something that can be demonstrated/confirmed with bench tests?Actually a McIntosh Autoformer amplifier will "double down" when the next higher impedance taps are used than the speaker's impedance. (Keeping in mind almost no amplifier truly doubles output at half impedance. Those claiming that ability are probably playing around with their ratings numbers ie, underrating output at 8 ohm so that double output at 4 ohm can be claimed ).
Isn't this something that can be demonstrated/confirmed with bench tests?
I don't know if this makes the direct coupled amp more adaptable to variying loading, but may seem so.That's according to either Ron Cornelius(?) or Ron Evans(?) in the McIntosh book. I'd have to dig it out but one of the Mc engineers made that clear in the text: "We'll double down too" or something to that effect (when using the taps the way I described).
He also added the amplifier would run warmer - but the same thing would also happen with a DC amplifier.
I'd also love to know where he got that "statistic."Why ?
Can you elaborate?
I don't know if this makes the direct coupled amp more adaptable to variying loading, but may seem so.
I thought optimal averaged impedance matching, secondarily, offset/DC blocking for loudspeaker protection.I don't think it makes any difference in that regard. I think the main advantage of autoformer design is cooler operation.
Seriously.What I see are folks taking this discussion and themselves way too Sirius. Lighten up or I'll close the thread. If you cannot accept people disagreeing with you then you are in for a rough life. Nobody asked but I'll dip my oar in the water here. Those of us who were around when the HiFi world's bubble burst and noticed that McIntosh survived almost completely intact shouldn't be concerned now overly much. With change being the only constant i admit it's harder for me to accept. Being well over halfway to Geezer City helps make me resistant to change. Anyway, carry on, have fun and don't take yourself so damn
I thought optimal averaged impedance matching, secondarily, offset/DC blocking for loudspeaker protection.
For someone who just characterized my generation as "neck bearded hipster doofuses who have fell in love with vinyl" you have mighty thin skin. I said nothing that could remotely be construed as venomous, even by an hysterical fanboi. I did ask a simple question, which you appear to have evaded, though I grant that I only skimmed your several hundred words. Way too many unfounded assumptions for me to bother with. Have fun--I'm out of here.