All items tagged with McIntosh (35)

Book Review: A Look Inside The Last Seat in the House — The Story of Hanley Sound

August 5, 2020 by Richard Honeycutt

Book Review: A Look Inside The Last Seat in the House — The Story of Hanley Sound

In this article, Richard Honeycutt reviews John Kane’s book, which examines how sound engineering pioneer Bill Hanley’s contributions in outdoor live sound helped create the entire music production industry. Through an extensive nine-year interview and archival process, Kane uncovered how Hanley and his company, Hanley Sound, impacted a developing festival and concert marketplace. This article was originally published in audioXpress, July 2020.

McIntosh Announces MC901 Dual Mono Amplifier for Bi-Amped Speakers

December 11, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

McIntosh Announces MC901 Dual Mono Amplifier for Bi-Amped Speakers

McIntosh Labs has been perfecting vacuum tube amplifiers since the 1940s and solid-state amplifiers since the 1960s. From that heritage, McIntosh now announced the MC901 Dual Mono Amplifier, a truly one-of-a-kind monoblock that is also two amplifiers combined into one, with each amplifier boasting differing design philosophies including a 300-Watt vacuum tube amplifier attached to a 600-Watt solid state amplifier on one unified chassis.

McIntosh Labs Launches MA352 Integrated Hybrid Amplifier

August 29, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

McIntosh Labs Launches MA352 Integrated Hybrid Amplifier

Mcintosh announced its new MA352 Integrated Amplifier, a hybrid design that combines the finest of vacuum tube and solid-state audio topology principles. Following the wildly successful and lauded MA252 hybrid integrated amp, McIntosh introduces another eye-catching amplifier that is able to reproduce music at the highest quality level with even more power. The MA352 Integrated Amplifier will be displayed at the 2019 Rocky Mountain Audio Fest and 2019 CEDIA Expo shows in Denver.

DTS Play-Fi Now Supports AirPlay 2 and “Works with HomePod”

May 17, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

DTS Play-Fi Now Supports AirPlay 2 and “Works with HomePod”

DTS, a wholly owned subsidiary of Xperi Corporation, announced the availability of AirPlay 2 wireless streaming in select DTS Play-Fi products. AirPlay 2 support is now available on the McIntosh RS200 and Arcam rPlay, with additional products to be announced this year. The integration allows AirPlay 2 to work in conjunction with Amazon Alexa and DTS Play-Fi for an integrated multi-assistant control experience, and creating new possibilities for multi-room streaming.

The Latest Technology Updates and Smart Designs in audioXpress June 2019

May 9, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

The Latest Technology Updates and Smart Designs in audioXpress June 2019

audioXpress June 2019 includes a comprehensive market update on Working with USB-C, What Audio Developers Need to Know. Ethan Winer explains how he designed and built a Null Tester, and George Ntanavaras shares his Sigma 100 Satellite/Subwoofer loudspeaker project. Richard Honeycutt explains “How to Work With an Acoustical Consultant,” and Shannon Becker talks to Bradley Pfeifer about how “Made in USA” audio product manufacturing is making a comeback.

audioXpress May 2019 Glass Audio Special is Now Available!

April 9, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

audioXpress May 2019 Glass Audio Special is Now Available!

For audioXpress May 2019 -Glass Audio Special - we’ve put together a very strong edition, with some of best tube experts sharing a series of DIY projects for all skill levels, from restoration projects to new amplifiers, preamps, and headphone amps. We review the Nu:Tekt HA-K1 headphone amplifier using the novel Korg Nutube 6P1 device, and interview the founder of Parks Audio. We go deep on measuring voltage regulator ripple rejection and we even look at square-wave testing. All inside audioXpress May 2019!

McIntosh Announces Luxury Music Streamer and New Flagship CD/SACD Player

May 17, 2018 by audioXpress Staff

McIntosh Announces Luxury Music Streamer and New Flagship CD/SACD Player

McIntosh continues to consistently update its range of reference-level home entertainment source components, this time with two "best-in-class" solutions for high-quality music streaming and CD playback. Keeping up with its 65 years of tradition in the high end audio market, McIntosh announced the MCD600 SACD/CD Player and the MS500 Music Streamer, both retailing for approximately $7,000 USD.

A New Turntable from McIntosh and It's Not That Expensive

March 15, 2018 by audioXpress Staff

A New Turntable from McIntosh and It's Not That Expensive

McIntosh has unveiled a new turntable that brings its famous McIntosh sound and build quality at a new "low price" point. The new MT2 was announced with a suggested retail price of $4,000, which his significantly less than the brand's flagship MT5 ($8,000) and MT10 ($6,000). Of course you don't get the glowing green plate, but according to the company, you get the latest turntable technology with the New York giant’s legendary aesthetic, design and build quality.

McIntosh Now Offers MCT500 SACD/CD Transport with Front Panel USB Input

February 19, 2018 by audioXpress Staff

McIntosh Now Offers MCT500 SACD/CD Transport with Front Panel USB Input

McIntosh announced their new MCT500 SACD/CD Transport. The new transport has been designed to replay SACD/CD discs, plus a wide range of audio formats stored on USB flash drives and user-generated CD and DVD Data discs. All common disc types can be played on the MCT500, including SACD, CD, CD-R/RW and DVD-R. In addition, popular file formats such as AAC, AIFF, ALAC, DSD (up to DSD128), FLAC, MP3, WMA and WAV (up to 24-bit/192kHz) WMA can be played from discs and USB drives.

McIntosh Announces New Blu-Ray Player, Turntable Preamplifier and High-Res Digital Preamp

June 30, 2016 by audioXpress Staff

McIntosh Announces New Blu-Ray Player, Turntable Preamplifier and High-Res Digital Preamp

McIntosh has announced details of three new products from its 2016 global distributor conference. The trio includes a new Blu-Ray player ($5,500), turntable amplifier ($2,000) and digital preamplifier ($7,000). The new C2600 Vacuum Tube Preamplifier, the MP100 Phono Preamplifier and the MVP901 Audio Video Player, all combine the best-in-class audio performance of the legendary McIntosh Reference System with the latest in technological development. Availability (in the US) is expected in August 2016.

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