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Does Mc Intosh make reference gear

I have been reading the current thread here about Mc Intosh being bashed. People are saying they use cheap parts or have a 70's type of sound. I don't know the Mc line that well. Do they make a reference line? If they do why don't you ever hear about it? If they don't maybe they should. I'm sure audiophiles would give more props to Mc Intosh if they made some cutting edge products.
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audiozen
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No..Al Gore is not a McIntosh fan. Ever since Al sold Current to Al Jazerra Network,..(ya know..that friendly terrorist news organization that sent over the internet encrypted codes from their news site to the terrorist's who brought down the World Trade Center..) Al exclusively buys his Audio components from Al Qaeda Audio. Their amplifiers are stunning to look at especially the beautiful gold camel logo on the front of their amps.
audiozen
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Csontos.."The British Invasion of the 70's is when actual high end distinguished itself"..if your referring too British high end audio influencing America in the 70's then your way off the mark. It's the British who copied us.
Who invented the world's first Acoustic Suspension speaker?
Acoustic Research in New England in 1952. Who invented the worlds first two channel stereo receiver? Harman Kardon in 1958. Who invented the worlds first soft dome fluid
filled tweeter? Phase Technology in Florida in 1979. In fact the British sound comes from New England. The warm rich relaxed sounding speakers from AR and KLH from the 50's had a direct influence on British speaker companies.
It all started in America Baby! We are still the best on the planet when it comes to High End Audio!
audiozen
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Disagree. Having bought my first system in the mid 70's and circulated the high end stores in my town constantly during that time, there was no sign of British products standing out and above American products in the stores.
During the mid and late 70's, it was America and Japan putting out the best products on the market. One good example is Sansui. Their build and sound quality from that time period was remarkable. Another good example was Phase Linear which Bob Carver founded in 1968. Their amps and preamps in the 70's were great and back then McIntosh was at the top of their game. Your comment is a first on Gon giving the Brit's a commanding spot in the 70's is greatly
exaggerated.
audiozen
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Yep..Al Gore cleared the way for Spectron and got their patents approved for the first Class D amp in 1974.
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