Post by Owen Y on Mar 30, 2017 8:24:30 GMT 12
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Post by Deleted on Mar 30, 2017 9:03:53 GMT 12
Looks like a bloody 8 track player. One wonders if this company will ever move on from this tired visual design. Yes, its a signature look. Yes, the amps are a beauty to behold - but I can't help but think that extending this look to every product they release (their TT is hideous!) is a bridge too far and stinks of a lack of innovation. Tired. Stale. Boring. YMMV.
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Post by Citroen on Mar 30, 2017 9:08:31 GMT 12
Ah, thanks Owen
This review was supposed to be out about 6 months ago. I'm guessing the "affordable" RRP in NZ is around the low $4,000 mark. (Retail US$2000, AU$3795)
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Post by Owen Y on Mar 30, 2017 13:33:39 GMT 12
One wonders if this company will ever move on from this tired visual design. Yes, its a signature look. Yes, the amps are a beauty to behold - but I can't help but think that extending this look to every product they release (their TT is hideous!) is a bridge too far and stinks of a lack of innovation. Tired. Stale. Boring. YMMV. Actually i feel a bit that way about VW Golfs 
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Post by michaelw on Mar 30, 2017 15:28:47 GMT 12
needs meters !  what you say about golfs ? 
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Post by Deleted on Mar 30, 2017 16:31:08 GMT 12
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Post by rocl on Mar 30, 2017 17:36:53 GMT 12
One wonders if this company will ever move on from this tired visual design. Yes, its a signature look. Yes, the amps are a beauty to behold - but I can't help but think that extending this look to every product they release (their TT is hideous!) is a bridge too far and stinks of a lack of innovation. Tired. Stale. Boring. YMMV. Actually i feel a bit that way about VW Golfs. excuse me? how can anyone look at any golf and not drool. beautiful. stunning even. delightfully proportioned! perhaps you would prefer the design team to learn a thing or 2 from their peers at toyota. ![]() 
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Post by michaelw on Mar 30, 2017 18:02:19 GMT 12
i like that toyota !
all it needs is a wrc 1.6 turbo motor and a proper gearbox instead of the wimpy 1.5/cvt.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 30, 2017 18:21:40 GMT 12
Look Owen, you've hijacked your own thread! Now it's about cars!?
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Post by Citroen on Mar 30, 2017 18:56:52 GMT 12
I'm sure it sounds absolutely stunning - but from a visual design perspective, if that's not staid, then I am afraid sir that your taste is all in your mouth... Staid = sedate, respectable. Or what I prefer to call Classic!  Wonder what the MP1100 vacuum phono preamp sounds like. It would fit in nicely I reckon.  
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Post by Deleted on Mar 30, 2017 20:07:44 GMT 12
staid
adjective
sedate, respectable, and unadventurous.
synonyms: sedate, respectable, quiet, serious, serious-minded, steady, conventional, traditional, unadventurous, unenterprising, set in one's ways;
That said, that wee stack is hot!
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Post by guitardude on Mar 31, 2017 9:20:41 GMT 12
I think Mr Heathen has hit the nail on the head with that comment.
Aesthetics are a personal opinion but I find that any of these highly individualised designs, McIntosh, ARC etc work better visually in a matched configuration. The issue for me aesthetically is when you are trying to match up different manufacturers styles and it all ends up looking like a mess.
NB I agree with the comment about the turntable though.
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Post by cartridge on Apr 1, 2017 15:32:26 GMT 12
Re: the aesthetics...
Rotel's all look the same, Naim all looks the same, Marantz... guess what? They all look the same.
The thing is, the McIntosh kit looks like nothing else and there's a strong chance that no one else would dare to make their boxes look like theirs.
At the price, it could be a gateway drug for someone putting together their first McStack.
Combine the headphone amp and it could be super cool.
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Post by Citroen on Apr 1, 2017 15:55:38 GMT 12
Yes, the Macs are fairly uniquely styled, esp with the blue meters. But I must say that my Harman Kardon AVR does actually share some similarities, the black glass front, chrome dial. 
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