bigtex22
Responses from bigtex22
| McIntosh Group purchased by PE firm Bro, you lost me at “Mc has been 3rd rate forever and will remain so.” Haters gonna hate. | |
| Roon Nucleus as a Streamer I use the Nucleus + and run it with my McIntosh integrated amp, with DAC, and a Tidal subscription as the source. It sits on a shelf underneath my amp and makes absolutely zero noise (I mention that as I wasn’t clear on the comments upthread abou... | |
| McIntosh Group purchased by PE firm Private equity will look to “value engineer” costs down. | |
| Best Smaller Bookshelf Speakers For Use Exclusively With Ambient Music? I would look at Sonos. I know it’s not high end audiophile, but it’s well within your budget and sounds good (I run a pair in my office). | |
| Marantz Ruby PM KI amp vs Accuphase e-480 or e-380 Let your ears decide. | |
| I finally purchased a new Integrated Amp Terrific integrated, congrats! | |
| mcintosh c-12000 From the specs, it looks like a killer preamp. Will be curious to see who has got their hands on one yet and what they think. | |
| How about Mac and Accuphase Lots of Accuphase fans talk about how much better it is than McIntosh. It’s harder to find, making it more exclusive, which I suspect drives a lot of the “it’s better…” comments. I’ve never owned Accuphase but have no doubt it’s top-notch stuff.... | |
| Mcintosh MC7300 or Mc402 Agree with some of the above comments that this might be overkill for Klipsch speakers given the efficiency. Agree that you may want to try a tube amp as i hear they pair extremely well. | |
| Do you consider cables to be a "component" of your system? Yes, I believe cables are a component, but in terms of impact vs. speakers, amp, or source, it’s much less in my experience. While I would advise someone putting together a new system to budget for upgraded cabling, there’s a diminishing point of... | |
| Was my friend given misinformation. I get all my purchasing advice from $13/hour retail clerks who live in their mom’s basement. | |
| My last Integrated Amp: $5-10,000? In your price range, you could bump up to a McIntosh 8950 which has 200 watts and their autoformers. Great unit and you can’t beat the resale value. | |
| Considering moving on from B&W... If you’re rocking a Mac amp, I’d take a hard look at Sonus Faber. Much warmer speaker and they pair well with McIntosh. Of course, I’m biased! | |
| Which DACs are known to be sweet/rich/relaxed? You need this: https://www.mcintoshlabs.com/products/new-products/MCD12000 | |
| Roon Support, or lack thereof I’m a Roon Nucleus + owner as well, having just purchased earlier this year. This experience is troublesome to me. I agree and would expect them to have better customer service. Good luck getting your new unit. When it works, it’s fantastic. |