Jimmy Fallon has a Mcintosh turntable

On Elementary, Sherlock's electronics are definitely McIntosh, including (I think) a turntable. The floorstanding speakers are Energy CF-70 Towers, with a pair of Energy CB-10s or CB-20s on the bookshelves.

http://www.energy-speakers.com/tower-speakers/?sku=CF-70

http://www.energy-speakers.com/bookshelf-speakers/?sku=CB-10

Energy makes good speakers for the money, but at $600-1000/pair, the CF-70s aren't in the same league as the line of 5-figure McIntosh components.  Sherlock seems like the kind of guy who'd have something unusual, such as panel or horn speakers, but most viewers wouldn't know what they were.

McIntosh has two turntables now, the MT10 and the MT5. The MT10 is the one they introduced in 2007 or so, has the front blue-lit meter, and comes with some variant of the Clearaudio Talismann LOMC cartridge. The MT50 is smaller and less ambitious, and comes with the Bluepoint HOMC.

Both TTs are sourced from Clearaudio to McIntosh’s specs. The MT10 appears to be a pretty good value. They originally came out at $8K including that $1750 Talismann cart. They’ve gone up since. The MT5 is $6500. Both have suspended magnetic platter bearings meaning they are nearly friction-free.

Steve Hoffman was using an MT10 and had high praise for it, both in its playback in all aspects and also durability.

http://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/question-for-steve-about-the-mcintosh-mt-10-turntable.148410/

http://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/comparison-of-700-turntable-and-8-000-turntable-as-you-would-e...

I guess I don't know my way around Clearaudio TT's, but why would upwards of $8K be good value for the M10?  I guess because you get a tonearm and cartridge too.

so?

johnnyb53 writes:

"Both TTs are sourced from Clearaudio to McIntosh’s specs. The MT10 appears to be a pretty good value. They originally came out at $8K including that $1750 Talismann cart. They’ve gone up since. "

I love the part about "pretty good value" at $8k or so.  That's really comical.