If you attended the McIntosh 70th Anniversary celebration at Overture A/V in Wilmington Delaware at the beginning of June, you would now understand that while they have their naysayers and detractors, McIntosh is a company that quietly keeps producing very high quality and durable audio products. Now that Sonus Faber is involved in building Mac speakers, there is a world of difference. They demo'd a pair of XR 100's with an MA8900 integrated and their MEN220 Room correction system and I was blown away with what I heard. The Mac rep was using a Bryston digital player connected to the DAC in the MA8900. I was not expecting anything close to what was coming from those speakers.
In another room they showed off the 70th anniversary combo 150 watt tube amp and pre-amp driving a pair of Sonus Faber Il Cremonse speakers. Source was a Mac turntable playing some Reference Recording classical pressings. Again, talk about "being there".
In wine, everyone tastes something different from the same bottle. Audio is, IMHO, a very personal thing and everyone will hear slightly different sound coming from the same system. If it sounds good to you, then it sounds good.
I recently upgraded to an MA8900, B&W 804D3, VPI Prime Scout with Soundsmith Carmen II, Aurender N100C and I am very pleased with the results.
In another room they showed off the 70th anniversary combo 150 watt tube amp and pre-amp driving a pair of Sonus Faber Il Cremonse speakers. Source was a Mac turntable playing some Reference Recording classical pressings. Again, talk about "being there".
In wine, everyone tastes something different from the same bottle. Audio is, IMHO, a very personal thing and everyone will hear slightly different sound coming from the same system. If it sounds good to you, then it sounds good.
I recently upgraded to an MA8900, B&W 804D3, VPI Prime Scout with Soundsmith Carmen II, Aurender N100C and I am very pleased with the results.