Somebody say "McIntosh lifestyle products"?

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  • Clipdat
    Clipdat Posts: 12,934
    Oh VPI. Nice play on words there! Dancing and skirting around the Made in China elephant in the room!
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  • motorstereo
    motorstereo Posts: 2,133
    I could deal with the Made in China elephant but VPI also turns a deaf ear to some well documented problems involving emi interference on my bud's tt. To me that's a fair amount of money sitting there looking nice but pretty much unusable unless you don't mind a very annoying hum.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,801
    I got an overnight (!) e-mail response from VPI. It was a typo, and it's been fixed already :)

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  • Clipdat
    Clipdat Posts: 12,934
    Well, glad we got that sorted out.

    Back to the goiter turntable, McIntosh states on their FB page that: "They are made right here in our Binghamton, NY factory."
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,801
    yes, but speculation in the trenches is running rampant 'cause of those Magic Marker "edits" on the boxes :|
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  • Clipdat
    Clipdat Posts: 12,934
    Yep, I agree. Makes no sense of why that part of the box would be censored like that, unless they have something to hide.
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  • displayname
    displayname Posts: 1,148
    Clipdat wrote: »
    Yep, I agree. Makes no sense of why that part of the box would be censored like that, unless they have something to hide.
    Just playing devil's advocate - they could have had a typo on the box. Like a misspelling or something.

    But it does still certainly seem odd.
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  • stretchl
    stretchl Posts: 1,334
    erniejade wrote: »
    Its the console of 2019. Bring your own wood.

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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,801
    yeah, but there are folks already selling lifestyle consoles!

    I don't think Mac ever got into the console thing at any level -- come to think of it.
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,415
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    yeah, but there are folks already selling lifestyle consoles!

    I don't think Mac ever got into the console thing at any level -- come to think of it.

    They never made consoles, themselves, but did supply components to companies that made bespoke consoles.
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  • mhardy6647
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    edited February 2019
    ... and... yet another entry into the goofy vinyl lifestyle* product arena.

    http://www.yankodesign.com/2019/02/08/a-record-player-thats-fit-for-the-modern-day/

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    as seen at:
    https://hifihaven.org/index.php?threads/new-bang-olafson-beofusion.4510/
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    * I'd probably suggest turning SafeSearch on before searching vinyl lifestyle. Just thought that was worthy of mention. B)

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  • erniejade
    erniejade Posts: 6,321
    How the heck do the isolate that enough so it doesn't get feedback or a hum?
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  • mhardy6647
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    edited February 2019
    erniejade wrote: »
    How the heck do the isolate that enough so it doesn't get feedback or a hum?

    Same way they did back in the old days :)

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    Hum shouldn't be a problem per se.

    I would think that in 2019 it would be possible to
    use DSP to generate out of phase data in real time to cancel out feedback, or maybe some sort of sophisticated notch filters -- the typical 21st Century brute force, high tech way to solve a problem created by poor design. B)
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  • verb
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    Whoa. These look interesting! :smile:
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,801
    edited February 2019
    It's not April First yet...

    https://www.mcintoshlabs.com/products/speakers/RS100

    oh.
    my.
    stars.


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  • displayname
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    verb wrote: »
    Whoa. These look interesting! :smile:
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    I've seen these on display at my local best buy.
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  • Tony M
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    "The power is immense yet open and controlled. The clarity is spot-on. The level of bass is where it ought to be, and the balance between the top frequencies and the bottom is unbelievably sweet." - T3 Magazine
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,801
    ... and the hits just keep on comin'.

    https://www.mcintoshlabs.com/products/new-products/RS200


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    ... actually, for what it is, it looks pretty nice.
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  • nooshinjohn
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    So McIntosh has a sound bar with Alexa built in? What could possibly go wrong?
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  • mhardy6647
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    nooshinjohn wrote: »
    So McIntosh has a sound bar with Alexa built in? What could possibly go wrong?

    I just LOL'd -- big time.

    :*
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  • erniejade
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    It seems they are trying to keep up with the times but, at least they are not giving up on the true items that made them famous.
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  • mhardy6647
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    erniejade wrote: »
    It seems they are trying to keep up with the times but, at least they are not giving up on the true items that made them famous.

    The future of the brand may well depend on the success of these new products bearing the brand name.

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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,801
    edited February 2019
    https://www.audiostream.com/content/mcintosh-launch-rs200-wireless-loudspeaker-system

    A little bit (very little) from a third party on the aforementioned wireless Mac speaker/amp thingy.
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  • motorstereo
    motorstereo Posts: 2,133
    If you're seriously looking for one Mark there's a newly listed one for $2G's on audiogon. 1/3 off retail; that seems like a deal to me.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,801
    I am not.
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  • motorstereo
    motorstereo Posts: 2,133
    Woops........ I thought you were considering a purchase.
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  • Mikey081057
    Mikey081057 Posts: 7,127
    Lifestyles? are they ribbed and in assorted colors?

    I see a trademark infringement suit developing
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,801
    Just black and blue -- which I don't think would work all that well for that other lifestyle product to which you refer.

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