Mac X-mas Wish List
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Maybe not.....rlrct said:"... for the masses ..." - that doesn't strike me as McIntosh's target market.
My use of the term "for the masses" simply implies making a product that can be purchased because it would be not be priced out of the reach of "most" people.
To justify my purchase of a C1000...the only way I can still have a balanced pre-amp and upgrade within the current McIntosh line-up....I will need to be convinced that the over 400% increase in purchase price over what I paid for my C100, is going to get me a corresponding 400% increase in musical enjoyment.
So ..if say..I'm getting 90% of what the C1000 is capable of in the C100, then please justify to me a 400% increase in price for only 10% more performance.
IMO... Not a real good return on my investment.
...not because I don't think the C1000 isn't a great product...It certainly is.....And if I could afford to buy one I probably would. ( I would be a liar if I said anything else).
It's just... I would like to try and help get my kid through college someday and I've got to have my priorities straight.
I'd love to find a nice clean C-38 I could afford.
Welcome to high end audio. There is no justification, only the rule of diminishing returns. In many cases just because a product is more expensive doesn't mean it is better. Maybe not in the case of C1000 but if you read the review of the Zanden CD player, the most expensive CD player in the world in last issue of Stereophile, you will see that it measured as one of the worst DACs they have come across. The reviewer said it was excellent while the measurements were very poor at best. I got a good chuckle out of that one.
istols: myself for waiting too long ...and now it is too late 
jrsystems
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PHC1 said:
Stereophile review something it doesn't love??? I continue to read Stereophile and TAS even though they both get so esoteric and repetative. I think I am just hoping that one day, one of them will actually trash something! I think that's why I like our board so much. Hey maybe that would make a good thread, or even it's own forum, "Bad Audio"...
JR
harleyx
Active Member
It's funny, because my new wife squinted her eyes a bit when I brought home my LS360's a few years back, but she KNEW I was obsessed when we hooked up.jrsystems said:
I remember we set them up in the basement and had the boxes on the main floor. She had a friend over that looked at the boxes and asked her "did you buy 2 new fridges"? HAHAHA
Women...gotta love 'em.
