Folks really truly have issues especially when politics come to play. They don’t do their homework, they just talk. I’m sure they also took place in the negative notion of Facebook, Twitter, etch and was highly upset that the system was shut down and they couldn’t rant, lol. I’m truly happy I don’t live in their bubble because if the world was the same, it would definitely be boring. As one said, some call themselves an audiophile and some truly have no real experience with some of the McIntosh products. They take their hatred and scramble it all together and label the company. By the way, I use different and the best products as I relate to how it sounds TO ME, lol. Here are some suggestions for all of the haters. 1. Enjoy whatever components you own. 2. Stop trying to convince anyone to join your bandwagon 3. stop hating the big company just because you like the little company. (I dab in both and don’t Discriminate) 4. Do your homework before you judge a product and the company as a whole. That goes for any company, not just McIntosh. 5. If you believe that all of these other companies got into the audio game not for profit, you have just displayed how much of a ignorant you have become and it’s ashamed. Don’t hate the player, hate the game as they say.6. Please find another site as I’m sure that Audiogon intended this site to be helpful to buyers especially new ones. There, I said what some of you are thinking and my comments doesn’t pertain to this thread alone. It pertains to others as well. |
gavman66 posts both Krell and Boulder make incredible products. But from experience, in order for Krell to sound its best, you definitely have to use other Krell products that uses the Cast Cabling. It is truly remarkable with that connection. The downside is that some of the Krell products are not as reliable.. sure they can be fixed but damn, that’s a lot of weight to lug around. Even to George Meyers or to Krell directly. Shute to suffer outer shell scratches. Love the product though. My last Krell was the 402e Evolution. Believe it or not it gets hotter than my McIntosh MC2301 tube Monoblock amplifiers. I had many high end Krell amplifiers in the past. As for Boulder, the 2150 and the 2160 didn’t mend well with my speakers. I chose my speakers before my amplifiers. They sounded a bit thin and too bright on the top end with the Maxx 2’s. They do sound better with the Alex V speakers as the tweeter is much softer then the Maxx 2. The other is that they will suck a lot of power and really heat up your listening area. If spending that much money for my taste, I would go with in the future gryphon audio or Jeff Rowland. I loved the Jeff Rowland Monoblock I had in the past. |
@decathalon1991 I currently own a Boulder 2060 and I'm almost two- third's way through saving to upgrade to 2160. I don't have any heat issues....other than my cats wanting to sit atop it when running, which lead to the cat puke- instigated upgrade from 2060 to 2160. Basically Boulder rebuilt my 2060 with the main board from a 2160, and the sonic improvements were enough to persuade me to commit half of my entire income, for three years, to buy a 2160. I find the combination with Focal Stella Utopia speakers and Wavac pre-amp to be a match made in heaven; just sooo musical, richly textured, and powerful; never sounds 'loud' or fatiguing no matter how far it is cranked, and with such exquisite delicacy one need never hanker for valves in the output stage |
