McIntosh

Unfortunately supply chains are suffering in every industry.    I repair medical equipment.    Our vendors are in Switzerland,  Germany, Japan, England....pretty much everywhere and they are all experiencing parts delays.   I was supposed to get a part back in November and its ETA has been pushed to June.   Another problem is parts that were readily  available are being saved by the manufacturers for the production line, so spares are severely backordered .    The problem is that  we are just feeling it now because oem warehouse stock is finally depleted after a year of shut downs worldwide.  Manufacturers are not lying when they blame lack of parts and raw materials. 

In March 2021, I walked in and purchased a McIntosh MA352 at Magnolia in Costa Mesa CA right off the shelf.

The next week I ordered the MCD85 CD player from a small local (only McIntosh) vendor HiFI Haven, Whittier CA, since 1957.  The owner placed a call and got one for me in two weeks.  He claims to have a long-standing relationship with NYHQ going back to when his father first became a sole McIntosh dealer.

He confirmed there are delays on some items but says, he can get a number of items within the month ordered.

Maybe I just got lucky.

@mhass How do you like the MB50 as a streamer? Have you tried it as a preamp too? Thanks

I have an MB50…it’s ok, but crippled by the Play-Fi restriction and the bad app

Thanks @cherbib , I have play-fi through out the house except my home theater. I already use the app so realize its problems but I still like it compared to Sonos. 

Is the MB50 a good preamp as well as a steamer? I want to build a system using it and a pair of active/powered speakers, what do you think?