Mcintosh MX 150 any one heard it yet?

MX-150 it is Normal Sound

While I'm sure this is a fine unit, it illustrates the problem a company like McIntosh has with a product like this. Things are evolving so fast that products can fall behind very quickly. Mac has historically been behind companies like Denon. Look how long it took for Mac to incorporate HDMI. The MX 150 is only HDMI 1.3 and, while I can't be sure, appears to have only one HDMI out.

If a company decides to wait and incorporate features that the market has already accepted/demanded, perhaps in a more refined product, it risks coming out with a product that lacks the next big "thing". In this case HDMI 1.4 and 3D capability. As good as the MX150 may be, $12,000 is a lot to risk when the competion is offering more features in a product at 20% of the price. Such as the Integra DHC 80.2. It it built as well or sound as good, perhaps not.

I feel that an expensive processor that doesn't have all the current features simply isn't going to sell.

Docrobbi, I do own the MX150 and purchased it a year ago from a local dealer. It has a Roomperfect (Mac's version of Audyssey room correction) but I've never used it. The MX150 alone sounds awesome and it had better be the price I paid. The 5 HDMI inputs DO NOT process the signal. They just act like switches, which I like since I prefer the source and projector do the video processing. I love everything about this preamp except that I wish Mac can upgrade the HDMI's to 1.4 for 3D playback. Now if you don't care for 3D, then you'd be 100% overjoyed!

"The 5 HDMI inputs DO NOT process the signal. " That, of course, applies to video processing only. HDMI audio is processed as needed.

Kal

Tacomafan, did you own any Mcintosh pre-pro's before the MX150 e.g. Mx135 Mx136 etc.? If so how would you compare the 2 channel sound to any of those?