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McIntosh has my favorite logo of all time

jsheard 2y ago
But are you McIntosh-pilled enough to pay $1500 for an empty box with their logo on it? https://shop.mcintoshlabs.com/products/lb200-light-box https://shop.mcintoshlabs.com/products/lb200-light-box Fools and their money, etc etc
- 0xdeadbeefbabe 2y ago
  Wow only $1500? Black Friday is starting earlier and earlier.
- elzbardico 2y ago
  It is an audiophile-grade empty box, designed to resonate only on even ordered harmonics with a state of the art damping curve.
  - Brian_K_White 2y ago
    http://tandy.wiki/Audiophile_Pricetag http://tandy.wiki/Audiophile_Pricetag
    - snakeyjake 2y ago
      Every single day I go to sleep with my head buried in my hands because I am not immoral enough to figure out some way of ripping off audiophiles. You can sell them 3¢ hunks of plastic that do nothing for $150. It's not even hurting anyone. They're all rich old dudes with dozens of guitars they never play hanging from their walls in a room filled with records they never listen to. If I could figure out how to sell them 3¢ hunks of plastic that do nothing for $150 I would be very happy, but my conscience won't allow it.
      - 0xdeadbeefbabe 2y ago
        It sounds like even your conscience is fed up with you.
      - elzbardico 2y ago
        You gotta act fast. Once all boomers are gone, the audiophile market will disappear.
      - Brian_K_White 2y ago
        Maybe a CD deionizer? Kinda like homeopathy for electronics. That way it doesn't even need to contain any elctronics. In your workshop on a mountain in Japan you let some electronics imbue it with their spirit. It doesn't even promise to add or remove anything but just "align" the ions! I got a bottle of Three Chord bourbon last year. Holy cow the blurb on that bottle... something like "One day during a show I noticed how my drink sitting on my amp was vibrating..." and they freaking claim to play music at the casks.
- geodel 2y ago
  This looks great. I guess it can also be used by McIntosh connoisseurs to leave their brains safe at home while traveling light.
- readingnews 2y ago
  While I agree with: >> Fools and their money, etc etc And certainly Mc is not what it used to be (the MC-1700 receiver for example, was great)... you are slamming an "empty box" unfairly. It has: - A light, well, ok, pretty empty. - Removable back wall. Eh, ok. - A IR to turn on and off devices. Hrmm. - It can control other DinkyLink devices (I did not make that up) - Trigger control to control other audio devices. Hrmm. - It is a sturdy metal box (go online and purchase a nice one, I bet they are hundreds of bucks) Not that it is worth $1500, maybe $300, and at the same quality as that box looks with the glass front, probably $500, but again, saying $1500 for empty box is kind of unfair. To be honest, I have paid $300 for nice rackmount enclosures with handles that were custom made.
  - quickthrowman 2y ago
    > It is a sturdy metal box (go online and purchase a nice one, I bet they are hundreds of bucks) You can get a UL listed 16”x12”x4” electrical enclosure made of sheet steel for around $50 : https://www.mcmaster.com/product/75065K61 https://www.mcmaster.com/product/75065K61
    - NovemberWhiskey 2y ago
      In fairness, that's a cheap, powder coated, folded-metal box so we're not really comparing like-with-like. If one of your goals is to have a nicely-coordinated system that's on display in your home, aesthetics do matter - you're paying for what you're getting, not some unscientific claim of "performance".
      - quickthrowman 2y ago
        You never specified anything beyond “a sturdy metal box” ;) I agree that a powder coated electrical enclosure would look out of place in a home A/V rack.
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- jahnu 2y ago
  I’ll see your box and raise you a €1599 small foldable table https://teenage.engineering/store/field-desk https://teenage.engineering/store/field-desk
- acomjean 2y ago
  That’s pretty funny. I’m all for a little fun at ridiculous audio stuff (monster cables etc) Are we sure that’s not a misprint? There other “accessories” are high but more reasonable. https://shop.mcintoshlabs.com/collections/accessories https://shop.mcintoshlabs.com/collections/accessories And the empty box is at the same price as the actually does something “Grateful Dead” limited edition mono Speaker. https://shop.mcintoshlabs.com/collections/speakers/products/grateful-dead-limited-edition-rs150-wireless-loudspeaker https://shop.mcintoshlabs.com/collections/speakers/products/...
- spogbiper 2y ago
  The cleaning cloth seems reasonable https://shop.mcintoshlabs.com/products/mcintosh-cloth?pr_prod_strat=jac https://shop.mcintoshlabs.com/products/mcintosh-cloth?pr_pro...
  - jsheard 2y ago
    What a bargain! That's only $10 per cloth, I'll save a fortune compared to buying these all the time: https://www.apple.com/shop/product/MW693AM/A/polishing-cloth https://www.apple.com/shop/product/MW693AM/A/polishing-cloth
- yumraj 2y ago
  That seems somewhat reasonably priced when you consider: https://www.apple.com/shop/product/MWUG2LL/A/pro-stand https://www.apple.com/shop/product/MWUG2LL/A/pro-stand

But are you McIntosh-pilled enough to pay $1500 for an empty box with their logo on it? https://shop.mcintoshlabs.com/products/lb200-light-box https://shop.mcintoshlabs.com/products/lb200-light-box Fools and their money, etc etc

0xdeadbeefbabe 2y ago
Wow only $1500? Black Friday is starting earlier and earlier.
elzbardico 2y ago
It is an audiophile-grade empty box, designed to resonate only on even ordered harmonics with a state of the art damping curve.
- Brian_K_White 2y ago
  http://tandy.wiki/Audiophile_Pricetag http://tandy.wiki/Audiophile_Pricetag
  - snakeyjake 2y ago
    Every single day I go to sleep with my head buried in my hands because I am not immoral enough to figure out some way of ripping off audiophiles. You can sell them 3¢ hunks of plastic that do nothing for $150. It's not even hurting anyone. They're all rich old dudes with dozens of guitars they never play hanging from their walls in a room filled with records they never listen to. If I could figure out how to sell them 3¢ hunks of plastic that do nothing for $150 I would be very happy, but my conscience won't allow it.
    - 0xdeadbeefbabe 2y ago
      It sounds like even your conscience is fed up with you.
    - elzbardico 2y ago
      You gotta act fast. Once all boomers are gone, the audiophile market will disappear.
    - Brian_K_White 2y ago
      Maybe a CD deionizer? Kinda like homeopathy for electronics. That way it doesn't even need to contain any elctronics. In your workshop on a mountain in Japan you let some electronics imbue it with their spirit. It doesn't even promise to add or remove anything but just "align" the ions! I got a bottle of Three Chord bourbon last year. Holy cow the blurb on that bottle... something like "One day during a show I noticed how my drink sitting on my amp was vibrating..." and they freaking claim to play music at the casks.
geodel 2y ago
This looks great. I guess it can also be used by McIntosh connoisseurs to leave their brains safe at home while traveling light.
readingnews 2y ago
While I agree with: >> Fools and their money, etc etc And certainly Mc is not what it used to be (the MC-1700 receiver for example, was great)... you are slamming an "empty box" unfairly. It has: - A light, well, ok, pretty empty. - Removable back wall. Eh, ok. - A IR to turn on and off devices. Hrmm. - It can control other DinkyLink devices (I did not make that up) - Trigger control to control other audio devices. Hrmm. - It is a sturdy metal box (go online and purchase a nice one, I bet they are hundreds of bucks) Not that it is worth $1500, maybe $300, and at the same quality as that box looks with the glass front, probably $500, but again, saying $1500 for empty box is kind of unfair. To be honest, I have paid $300 for nice rackmount enclosures with handles that were custom made.
- quickthrowman 2y ago
  > It is a sturdy metal box (go online and purchase a nice one, I bet they are hundreds of bucks) You can get a UL listed 16”x12”x4” electrical enclosure made of sheet steel for around $50 : https://www.mcmaster.com/product/75065K61 https://www.mcmaster.com/product/75065K61
  - NovemberWhiskey 2y ago
    In fairness, that's a cheap, powder coated, folded-metal box so we're not really comparing like-with-like. If one of your goals is to have a nicely-coordinated system that's on display in your home, aesthetics do matter - you're paying for what you're getting, not some unscientific claim of "performance".
    - quickthrowman 2y ago
      You never specified anything beyond “a sturdy metal box” ;) I agree that a powder coated electrical enclosure would look out of place in a home A/V rack.
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jahnu 2y ago
I’ll see your box and raise you a €1599 small foldable table https://teenage.engineering/store/field-desk https://teenage.engineering/store/field-desk
acomjean 2y ago
That’s pretty funny. I’m all for a little fun at ridiculous audio stuff (monster cables etc) Are we sure that’s not a misprint? There other “accessories” are high but more reasonable. https://shop.mcintoshlabs.com/collections/accessories https://shop.mcintoshlabs.com/collections/accessories And the empty box is at the same price as the actually does something “Grateful Dead” limited edition mono Speaker. https://shop.mcintoshlabs.com/collections/speakers/products/grateful-dead-limited-edition-rs150-wireless-loudspeaker https://shop.mcintoshlabs.com/collections/speakers/products/...
spogbiper 2y ago
The cleaning cloth seems reasonable https://shop.mcintoshlabs.com/products/mcintosh-cloth?pr_prod_strat=jac https://shop.mcintoshlabs.com/products/mcintosh-cloth?pr_pro...
- jsheard 2y ago
  What a bargain! That's only $10 per cloth, I'll save a fortune compared to buying these all the time: https://www.apple.com/shop/product/MW693AM/A/polishing-cloth https://www.apple.com/shop/product/MW693AM/A/polishing-cloth
yumraj 2y ago
That seems somewhat reasonably priced when you consider: https://www.apple.com/shop/product/MWUG2LL/A/pro-stand https://www.apple.com/shop/product/MWUG2LL/A/pro-stand