I have seen some Interesting comments about Mcintosh lately

Schubert’s correct, they are ugly and heavy, I prefer something light and cheap, something like say men’s Baby G. Much cooler than Rolex ever thought of being. Although I probably wouldn't turn down a Rolex bubble back.

Well, let's see, when was the last time you found yourself at 100 m or at 10 Atmospheres pressure?  Take your time, you don't have to answer right away.

One wonders why a surfer would even wear a watch.  Are you timing the waves rolling in?

"Well, let's see, when was the last time you found yourself at 100 m or at 10 Atmospheres pressure? Take your time, you don't have to answer right away.

Any time you dive into a pool with a watch on it will experience pressure equivalent of 100m at water impact."

If that were actually true Olympic 10 meter platform divers' heads would be crushed on entry into the water.  Besides when you dive into the water the watch is orthogonal to the direction of motion.

One of the best systems I ever heard anywhere anytime was an all McIntosh system, the system in question was up on Red Mountain in Aspen and was used for practice sessions sometimes by the Dave Brubeck Quartet.  That was back in the days when McIntosh was all tubes and when they produced huge speakers.  There was also some otherworldly monster midrange horn in the middle of the room, dunno what that was. There were eight - count em - Ducati racing motorcycles in the garage.  

Tube reliability. Now, there’s an oxymoron for ya. It’s because they are inherently UNreliable that you don’t see any more tube gear in military or commercial aviation. That all went away in the ’80s. Why? Reliability. The reason that old McIntosh tube stuff demands high prices today is not because of reliability. It’s because of sound quality. Sound you can reach out and touch. It's always the reason there are so many tube electronics available today to audiophiles.  Sound quality.  But if it's reliability you crave, it looks like it's gonna be transistors for you. Reliability is a number.

Since posting on this thread I have become the proud owner of a Casio 200m Solar G Shock watch as well as a beautiful but fake Casio Frogman Titanium 200m watch that might not provide perfectly reliable timekeeping while out catching a wave.

"03-24-2016 3:34pm
If you ask most people about "high end audio", they will usually associate that with "Bose". I know very few people who have even heard of McIntosh. When I mention the name, most people say it's a product from the company that makes the iPhone...."

Yeah, I see what you're saying. You're saying if you ask ignorant people, people ignorant of high end audio. Well, duh!