Crazy powerful Mc amps
bknauss
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http://twice.com/article/CA6254055.html?display=Breaking+News
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"McIntosh is unveiling the highest priced speakers it has ever made and one of the highest priced consumer speakers in audio history. And its meant to be driven by the companys highest power amp.
TheXRT2K line-array speaker ships in September at $40,000 each, not $40,000 per pair. Each three-way, tri-wire-capable speaker contains a column of six 12-inch aluminum-cone woofers in a shared enclosure. A companion midrange/tweeter column, also in its own enclosure, features four 2-inch inverted-dome midrange drivers and 40 0.75-inch titanium-dome tweeters.
The tall line-array speakers are designed to be very delicate and accurate as well as having the dynamic range that is required to recreate the sound pressure level of reality, said product manager Ron Cornelius. Their dynamic range of more than 130dB requires massive power handling capacity and two of the companys $30,000 2,000-watt mono MC2K amplifiers, Cornelius said. These amplifiers have the highest output of any McIntosh amps, with the lowest distortion and best signal to noise ratio, he said. Theyre due this month."
Here's a blurb from the article if you don't want to sign up for the site:
"McIntosh is unveiling the highest priced speakers it has ever made and one of the highest priced consumer speakers in audio history. And its meant to be driven by the companys highest power amp.
TheXRT2K line-array speaker ships in September at $40,000 each, not $40,000 per pair. Each three-way, tri-wire-capable speaker contains a column of six 12-inch aluminum-cone woofers in a shared enclosure. A companion midrange/tweeter column, also in its own enclosure, features four 2-inch inverted-dome midrange drivers and 40 0.75-inch titanium-dome tweeters.
The tall line-array speakers are designed to be very delicate and accurate as well as having the dynamic range that is required to recreate the sound pressure level of reality, said product manager Ron Cornelius. Their dynamic range of more than 130dB requires massive power handling capacity and two of the companys $30,000 2,000-watt mono MC2K amplifiers, Cornelius said. These amplifiers have the highest output of any McIntosh amps, with the lowest distortion and best signal to noise ratio, he said. Theyre due this month."
Brian Knauss
ex-Electrical Engineer for Polk
ex-Electrical Engineer for Polk
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Followed the link...NOTE:The complete text of this article is available only to registered users.
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"Here's a blurb from the article if you don't want to sign up for the site:"
And that's the reason I said the statement above
Instead of bringing everyone to the mountain, I brought the mountain to everyone... or something like that. Brian Knauss
ex-Electrical Engineer for Polk -
As if Mac stuff wasn't already out of our(or least my) price range anyway. :rolleyes: The total setup costs more than my house.Tschüss
Zach -
anyone who spends $80,000 on a pair of freaking speakers need to put the remote control down and go get laid.
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There are pics of the speaks and amps on the front page of their website: http://www.mcintoshlabs.com/Tschüss
Zach -
Lets see...
Speakers $80,000
Amps $60,000
I think i'll just take one of these....
...and use the difference to buy a nice 2 channel rig...."Just because youre offended doesnt mean youre right." - Ricky Gervais
"For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who don't believe, no proof is possible." - Stuart Chase
"Consistency requires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago." - Bernard Berenson -
http://www.mcintoshlabs.com/mcprod/shopdisplayproducts.asp?id=20&cat=Loudspeaker+Systems&prodid=1114&product=XRT2K http://www.mcintoshlabs.com/mcprod/shopdisplayproducts.asp?id=14&cat=Power+Amplifiers&prodid=1115&product=MC2KW
Here's the direct links to the pics and specs for these monsters.
Definitely woody gear!!!
"SOME PEOPLE CALL ME MAURICE,
CAUSE I SPEAK OF THE POMPITIOUS OF LOVE" -
ND13 wrote:http://www.mcintoshlabs.com/mcprod/shopdisplayproducts.asp?id=20&cat=Loudspeaker+Systems&prodid=1114&product=XRT2K http://www.mcintoshlabs.com/mcprod/shopdisplayproducts.asp?id=14&cat=Power+Amplifiers&prodid=1115&product=MC2KW
Here's the direct links to the pics and specs for these monsters.
looks good.
it'll prob. sound good.
I think I'll take the Porsche.
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I'll take a Viper and a Harley then spend the rest on an awesome 2 channel rig that would............... Well you know!! "SOME PEOPLE CALL ME MAURICE,
CAUSE I SPEAK OF THE POMPITIOUS OF LOVE" -
Aston Martin BABY!!!!
Oh and let's not forget an appropriate source for that $140k system will add at least another $30k :eek:"SOME PEOPLE CALL ME MAURICE,
CAUSE I SPEAK OF THE POMPITIOUS OF LOVE" -
aaharvel wrote:anyone who spends $80,000 on a pair of freaking speakers need to put the remote control down and go get laid.
Anyone with that type of dough probably doesn't have to worry about that.
Obviously Mc is targeting a very small audience. If nothing else, they're a marketing statement. "Well if you can't mortgage your house for those, you can buy this setup which is a small fraction of the price and sounds pretty darn good"Brian Knauss
ex-Electrical Engineer for Polk -
Can you say ridiculous?
Looks like a bit much. At some point it just becomes TOO MUCH.
I'm sure they'll be amazing, but I agree the money could be better spent elsewhere, while still having plenty of money for an awesome two-channel system that doesn't cost as much as a house (in some states, anyway).Current System:
Mitsubishi 30" LCD LT-3020 (for sale**)
Vienna Acoustics Beethoven Concert Grand (Rosewood)-Mains (with Audioquest Mont Blanc cables)
CSi5-Center (for sale**)
FXi3-surrounds (for sale**)
Martin Logan Depth-Sub
B&K AVR 507
Pimare CD21-CD Player
Denon 1815-DVD Player
Panamax M5500-EX-Line Conditioner -
statement audio jewelry for the well off!Rogue Audio stereo 100 tube amplifier - Lector Zoe preamplifier with 6H30 pi's
.Audience AU24SE speaker and ic cables- Chord Qutest DAC - Black Cat Silverstar II 75ohm digital cable-Tyler Acoustics Linbrook Signature system with large bass cabinets to accommodate 10" Seas magnesium woofers.
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Hey, if you can afford it, WTF. I'm sure the target market already has what everyone here is describing.
Not to mention the $30K source, you'll probably want to build a $25K room to hear them in... -
I'd cover the outside of my house in Plasma's. I'd never have to paint again, just change the DVD. . . . ummmm Red. Red is good.-Ignorance is strength -
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We heard those Mcintosh amps in a full HT demo at CES - Alexis Park....unreal. You really need to see them in person to appreciate how they are setup and the aesthetic impact.CTC BBQ Amplifier, Sonic Frontiers Line3 Pre-Amplifier and Wadia 581 SACD player. Speakers? Always changing but for now, Mission Argonauts I picked up for $50 bucks, mint.
