Mcintosh TT.....when ego and common sense collide!

Dennis Gardner
Dennis Gardner Posts: 4,861
edited September 2007 in 2 Channel Audio
Am I wrong or is this just a bad design joke? I've always like Mac's blue meter glow, but I have to call BS on the way this product presents itself.
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  • avguytx
    avguytx Posts: 1,628
    edited September 2007
    I saw it at CEDIA this past week. Up close, it's rather interesting. I can't figure out if I like it or not. I know I don't for what it most likely retails for!
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  • beardog03
    beardog03 Posts: 5,550
    edited September 2007
    looks like they slapped a platter on top of an amp !
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,987
    edited September 2007
    I agree completely Dennis.
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited September 2007
    I'm not sure if I like it or not yet, I guess I've have to see it in person. But this is one case where the meter looks out of place.
    "He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you." Friedrich Nietzsche
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited September 2007
    That's hideous.
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  • Dennis Gardner
    Dennis Gardner Posts: 4,861
    edited September 2007
    I really thought Marantz came out with a TT design with their new offering that shines of elegance, taste and respect for melding modern gear with an older technology. They consulted with Clearaudio from what I understand.

    I think McIntosh's heritage simply got in the way clear thinking.
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited September 2007
    The Mac looks to be a direct drive unless there is a motor at the back of the platter which IIRC is a very very poor place for a motor. Ten o'clock or eight o'clock is ideal. Looking back at the Mac pic it seems that there is a belt around the platter but it looks like the motor spindle is behind still.
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  • mantis
    mantis Posts: 17,194
    edited September 2007
    I'm not sure what to say about what I see but Mac gear always looks like that. I feel someone is trying to keep that alive. Maybe not the right way about going about it, but hey who am I to judge.

    Dan
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  • Midnite Mick
    Midnite Mick Posts: 1,591
    edited September 2007
    I agree it does look odd. Do the meters actually serve any kind of purpose?
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  • Dennis Gardner
    Dennis Gardner Posts: 4,861
    edited September 2007
    Midnite Mick wrote: »
    I agree it does look odd. Do the meters actually serve any kind of purpose?


    Speed indicator.:rolleyes:

    I could have seen them recessing the platter down into a Mac case so that it would be a stealth piece of gear only accessed from a lid on top and looked like most other Mac fronts, but adding it on top of the case looks strange.
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  • Midnite Mick
    Midnite Mick Posts: 1,591
    edited September 2007
    Maybe if the fascia was the same size as the box it wouldn't look so odd. It reminds me of the old phonographs where the platter is inside the box. It look like it needs a lid so that you can carry it away....I don't know.

    Mike
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited September 2007
    The motor is at 10 o'clock.
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  • george daniel
    george daniel Posts: 12,096
    edited September 2007
    At first sight,I thought that someone put a cake on top of the amp. :eek:
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  • reeltrouble1
    reeltrouble1 Posts: 9,312
    edited September 2007
    After three seconds of deliberation I join the hideous camp.

    RT1
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited September 2007
    reeltrouble1 wrote: »
    After three seconds of deliberation I join the hideous camp.

    RT1

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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited September 2007
    Face wrote: »
    The motor is at 10 o'clock.

    How do you know? That belt is so tightly wrapped that there doesn't seem to be any gap approaching 10 o'clock.
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited September 2007
    Well, more like 2230. :D
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited September 2007
    Face wrote: »
    Well, more like 2230. :D

    2230 Ha ha ha!!! Thanks for the pic!

    So besides the 2 foot thick piece of acrylic and the classic Mac fascia, I wonder what makes Mac's design any better or different than any other turntable out there?
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited September 2007
    I believe it's polished aluminum, not acrylic.
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited September 2007
    This is off Stereophile's website, RE: Cedia 2007 Show Report;
    McIntosh has introduced a turntable. It has the classic black and blue faceplate, which looked a tad bizarre to these eyes. The platter is "polished, fully-balanced green tint," meaning glass, we presume. The tonearm and cartridge are custom-made by McIntosh. An isolated speed stabilizer drives the precision motor.

    Here is the link.
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  • Spacedeckman
    Spacedeckman Posts: 96
    edited September 2007
    Bugly.

    it wouldn't have taken me 3 seconds, except I threw up a bit in my mouth when I saw it.

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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited September 2007
    how many thousand's does it sell for? and yes it's ugly too.
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  • Dennis Gardner
    Dennis Gardner Posts: 4,861
    edited September 2007
    danger boy wrote: »
    how many thousand's does it sell for? and yes it's ugly too.

    Reportedly $7k-$8k
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  • lightman1
    lightman1 Posts: 10,788
    edited September 2007
    Wtf!
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  • avguytx
    avguytx Posts: 1,628
    edited September 2007
    I saw it up close at CEDIA and it's not much better live, either. But to some, it's the cats meow. Not this cat, though.
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited September 2007
    I'm a fanatic about turntables and this one really doesn't make it move.
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  • amulford
    amulford Posts: 5,020
    edited September 2007
    I have to agree that they are not doing a\it any justice with the design. I'm sure they could have imparted a Mac look without going to that extreme.

    With all of that chassis, I hope it comes with an internal pre. Maybe the meter is for signal...

    All that aside, did anyone hear how it performs?
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited September 2007
    I thought the meter was for rpms.
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  • kkerley33
    kkerley33 Posts: 21
    edited September 2007
    Forgot where I read it, but yes the Meter Gauge is for speed. I believe there were 4 speeds listed. I looked for the link but couldn't find it and couldn't find the similar thread about this over at Klipsch. Most of the Klipschy's felt the same way.....!UGLY

    KAK
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