Bad news, Bose buying McIntosh.
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/11/19/bos...maker-of-high-end-luxury-audio-equipment.html
"No highs, no lows, it's Bose." If they can keep McIntosh and Sonus Faber separate and not impose the often Bose commercial mediocrity it may work out. But no one equates Bose with true audiophile quality.
Love McIntosh gear....Loyal longterm customer of their vintage gear
Main room:
2x late 1950's MC30's with Vintage tubes
Early 1960's C22 with Vintage tubes
Klipsch LaScala
Newest production date are the Klipsch speakers at 1976 but I didn't purchase any item new😎.
Back in the early 2000's, I bought a "dead" MA6100 integrated with glass front that was heavily nicotine stained(brownish!) but a nice original wood cabinet.(owners smoked like a chimney, but I guess, did not throw things or place their beer bottles on top of the wood cabinet).
I called up McIntosh in Binghamton, NY and they said they could get it back to factory spec, function and esthetics. Sent it and about 3-4 weeks later they said it was ready and I girded my loins for the pricing. No need, it turned out.
$ 3-400 USD parts, cleaning, labor, tax and shipping to Texas.....and the list of parts were a double handful.
Been using it pretty much 24/7/365 in my office with a McIntosh MR78 Tuner and/or 5-disc Sony 5-disc 333 ES SACD ever since.
Dollar cost average that out! I did make one allowance.....I placed a small 3"x3" fan behind it.
Then, there was the time I ordered a glass for a Mc2255 I bought. They said they did not stock them but would put my name down, that they periodically special ordered glass panels for their popular vintage products. Well 2-3 years later, I got an email and I bought a new panel. The Mc2255 makes for a nice back up when the 30's go into dry dock or I just want to change up my main room. I cannot make the meters jump like I wish with my 104db efficiency speakers, but I make due...First World Problem.
I hope they leave them with some autonomy as have the last 3-4 owners.
Love McIntosh gear....Loyal longterm customer of their vintage gear
Main room:
2x late 1950's MC30's with Vintage tubes
Early 1960's C22 with Vintage tubes
Klipsch LaScala
Newest production date are the Klipsch speakers at 1976 but I didn't purchase any item new😎.
Back in the early 2000's, I bought a "dead" MA6100 integrated with glass front that was heavily nicotine stained(brownish!) but a nice original wood cabinet.(owners smoked like a chimney, but I guess, did not throw things or place their beer bottles on top of the wood cabinet).
I called up McIntosh in Binghamton, NY and they said they could get it back to factory spec, function and esthetics. Sent it and about 3-4 weeks later they said it was ready and I girded my loins for the pricing. No need, it turned out.
$ 3-400 USD parts, cleaning, labor, tax and shipping to Texas.....and the list of parts were a double handful.
Been using it pretty much 24/7/365 in my office with a McIntosh MR78 Tuner and/or 5-disc Sony 5-disc 333 ES SACD ever since.
Dollar cost average that out! I did make one allowance.....I placed a small 3"x3" fan behind it.
Then, there was the time I ordered a glass for a Mc2255 I bought. They said they did not stock them but would put my name down, that they periodically special ordered glass panels for their popular vintage products. Well 2-3 years later, I got an email and I bought a new panel. The Mc2255 makes for a nice back up when the 30's go into dry dock or I just want to change up my main room. I cannot make the meters jump like I wish with my 104db efficiency speakers, but I make due...First World Problem.
I hope they leave them with some autonomy as have the last 3-4 owners.
The Grace is a nice arm, particularly with their cartridges. They work well on Thorens 14X/16X tables and pre-cut arm boards are still floating around out there. I had one on my 166 and it was a great sounding set-up.
I actually sold mine to a friend who has a 125 and he ran that combo for many years.
