View Full Version : Are McIntosh products worth the $$$?
televisionary
12-25-2007, 06:50 AM
I've been told that you haven't lived until you've heard a McIntosh system.
denvertrakker
12-25-2007, 02:23 PM
About as useless a statement as the one in your sig.
televisionary
12-25-2007, 06:59 PM
About as useless a statement as the one in your sig.
My dear lord I am so sorry. Someone must've hacked into my account again. I'm deeply sorry if it offended you. Have a merry Xmas, and God bless you.
Neonfacelift
12-27-2007, 09:53 AM
Well now I want to know what was in your sig.
Scott Fonseca
12-27-2007, 05:04 PM
me too, but to answer your question. No, not at all.
SpeedBallBlues
02-23-2008, 04:26 PM
With equally pricey speakers a McIntosh amplifier will indeed breath incredible realism and detail into the room that less expensive systems couldn't touch. If that's important to you.
That said there are many equally great sounding equipment manufacturers at that price point.
sahlomonic
03-01-2008, 11:36 PM
I have had the pleasure of being demo'd an $83,000 McIntosh A/V Theater system. Projector alone was $23k I think. Before that I was demo'd a Klipsch THX Ultra 2 system that cost about $20 for the whole A/V setup, and I was floored. Then came the McIntosh. There is a reason it costs so much :). Level of clarity and presence is really unmatched. I went home to my 60" Sony SXRD and Denon 4306 and cried a little :(.
Corduroy
03-26-2008, 05:31 AM
You could buy a PC with the same specs as a mac or at least half the price. So that being said, no. However, I prefer Macs to PC's. They're safer, and they look nicer.
sahlomonic
03-26-2008, 02:05 PM
Two different companies my friend. McIntosh vs MacIntosh. MacIntosh is the PC rival company, McIntosh makes very high-end audio equipment.
MacIntosh: http://www.apple.com
McIntosh: http://www.mcintoshlabs.com
Corduroy
03-27-2008, 04:23 PM
Two different companies my friend. McIntosh vs MacIntosh. MacIntosh is the PC rival company, McIntosh makes very high-end audio equipment.
MacIntosh: http://www.apple.com
McIntosh: http://www.mcintoshlabs.com
Ahhh. I've been enlightened. :cool:
RobRoy
03-29-2008, 07:24 PM
I've been told that you haven't lived until you've heard a McIntosh system.
Actually, it's worth it if money is no object. If you actually live on a budget like most people, then no, stay far away from it. It's way past the point of diminishing returns.
TimmyP
03-30-2008, 02:47 AM
One can do better for much less. Arcam, for instance.
Two different companies my friend. McIntosh vs MacIntosh. MacIntosh is the PC rival company, McIntosh makes very high-end audio equipment.
MacIntosh: http://www.apple.com
McIntosh: http://www.mcintoshlabs.com
Well, sort of. Apple is the rival PC company: they make Macintosh computers among other things. ;)
Thrashy
04-12-2008, 02:43 PM
Mcintosh audio is definitely worth the money, if ya got it. (love those blue meters!!) It exists in the realm of exotics though. Krell, Bryston and Mcintosh are all birds of a feather, if you can afford them, choosing between them is easy,
To me it is like choosing between supercars, Ferarri, lambroghini, bugatti, Viper whatever.