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McIntosh Adds XR Speakers, MVP891 Blu-ray Player, MC8207 Amp
McIntosh Laboratory has added new speaker series, interconnects, Blu-ray player and power amp at CES 2012.
McIntosh’s XR Series includes (clockwise from top) the LCR80, XR100 and XR50 models.
With one of the most loyal customer (and aspiring customer) bases in consumer electronics, McIntosh Laboratory will never have a problem creating some buzz when it releases new products.
The Binghamton, N.Y.-based company provided more music to its audio fans' ears at this week's International CES in Las Vegas by launching new speakers, interconnects and home theater gear.
McIntosh, which is exhibiting in suite 35-307 at the Venetian, introduced the XR50 Bookshelf Speaker, LCR80 Flexible Compact Speaker and XR100 Full Range Tower Speaker.
Ideally, a rockin' home theater setup will include the towers in front, LCR80 as a center with a pair of the bookshelf models providing the surround sound. Pricing is $2,000/each for the XR50, $2,500/each for the LCR80 and $10,000/pair for the XR100.
The speakers come in real-wood gloss finishes of black, pear maple and red walnut. Employing materials such as titanium in the midrange and tweeter drivers, the XR50 is a three-way and four-driver speaker design, while the XR100 incorporates 13 drivers in each cabinet to handle up to 600 watts.
McIntosh owners will be able to connect the new speakers with the company's new cables, including the 2M and 3M speaker cable that employs 9-gauge single-crystal copper and heavy-duty gold-plated spade connectors.
Also new for the show are McIntosh's balanced and digital audio cables, plus its control cable, that come in 1M, 2M lengths as well as an audio cable pair.
You may wind up using some of the balanced and digital audio cables on the new power amplifier and Blu-ray player McIntosh is debuting at CES, too. While the company made its name in analog audio, the seven-channel MC8207 and MVP891 universal disc Blu-ray player show its soft spot for today's digital-based multichannel home theater sound.
The MC8207 ($6,000) doles out 200 watts per channel; it features a wrinkle on the company's iconic face plate meter, incorporating three LED watt meters that let you see how much power is being sent to the front speakers.
McIntosh MC8207 Amplifier
The MVP891 ($5,500) plays Blu-ray discs, standard DVDs, SACDs and DVD-Audio discs and has internal decoding of uncompressed Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD formats. McIntosh says the component employs four dedicated fully balanced DACs per channel for optimum music experiences.
McIntosh MVP891 Blu-ray Player
The Binghamton, N.Y.-based company provided more music to its audio fans' ears at this week's International CES in Las Vegas by launching new speakers, interconnects and home theater gear.
McIntosh, which is exhibiting in suite 35-307 at the Venetian, introduced the XR50 Bookshelf Speaker, LCR80 Flexible Compact Speaker and XR100 Full Range Tower Speaker.
Ideally, a rockin' home theater setup will include the towers in front, LCR80 as a center with a pair of the bookshelf models providing the surround sound. Pricing is $2,000/each for the XR50, $2,500/each for the LCR80 and $10,000/pair for the XR100.
The speakers come in real-wood gloss finishes of black, pear maple and red walnut. Employing materials such as titanium in the midrange and tweeter drivers, the XR50 is a three-way and four-driver speaker design, while the XR100 incorporates 13 drivers in each cabinet to handle up to 600 watts.
McIntosh owners will be able to connect the new speakers with the company's new cables, including the 2M and 3M speaker cable that employs 9-gauge single-crystal copper and heavy-duty gold-plated spade connectors.
Also new for the show are McIntosh's balanced and digital audio cables, plus its control cable, that come in 1M, 2M lengths as well as an audio cable pair.
You may wind up using some of the balanced and digital audio cables on the new power amplifier and Blu-ray player McIntosh is debuting at CES, too. While the company made its name in analog audio, the seven-channel MC8207 and MVP891 universal disc Blu-ray player show its soft spot for today's digital-based multichannel home theater sound.
The MC8207 ($6,000) doles out 200 watts per channel; it features a wrinkle on the company's iconic face plate meter, incorporating three LED watt meters that let you see how much power is being sent to the front speakers.
McIntosh MC8207 Amplifier
The MVP891 ($5,500) plays Blu-ray discs, standard DVDs, SACDs and DVD-Audio discs and has internal decoding of uncompressed Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD formats. McIntosh says the component employs four dedicated fully balanced DACs per channel for optimum music experiences.
McIntosh MVP891 Blu-ray Player
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