All Articles Tagged Mcintosh

Rachel Cericola | 05/16 08:35 AM, 1 Comment

McIntosh Laboratory is ready to rock a little bit harder. McIntosh has debuted two AV Control Centers, the MX121 and the MX151. Both are designed to be the hub of home entertainment setups, offering features such as built-in Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio decoding, Dual Zone operation, and the option to play 2-channel sources in stereo or up to 7.1 surround sound. Each of the new components also includes HDMI video switching and 3D video pass-through. The MX121 AV Control Center has built-in wireless streaming for access to networked… View this story

Arlen Schweiger | 04/11 08:44 AM, 1 Comment

Renowned audio manufacturer McIntosh Laboratory took a long, strange trip to get to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum. No, it's not because loyal audio enthusiasts have been using McIntosh gear to blare music from rock's finest artists over the last half century, but because McIntosh was used by one of those bands to blare its music. Almost 40 years ago McIntosh was chief among the components that comprised the Grateful Dead's famed "Wall of Sound," which Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir and Co. unleashed on their fans… View this story

Robert Archer | 04/05 08:31 AM, 3 Comments

Jim Marshall, the founder of Marshall Amplification and one of the pillars of the music industry, has died. He was 88. Marshall started Marshall Amplification in 1960 and it quickly caught on with rock music's elite, including Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck and Eric Clapton. Marshall's fame grew over the years through the launch of several now legendary series of products such as the JTM, JMP and JCM. Marshall recently started releasing a series of limited edition products that mark each of Marshall's most popular products. Nicknamed the "Father… View this story

Robert Archer | 01/26 07:43 AM,

It doesn't matter if you are a die-hard two-channel enthusiast or a home theater lover when it comes to owning McIntosh gear. The company makes products that satisfies the demands of both markets without compromise. Adding to its home theater legacy, the Binghampton, N.Y.-based company introduced its latest product to the home theater category: the MC8207 home theater amplifier. McIntosh says the new amplifier is engineered to provide the luxury, high-performance with a product that performs to the highest levels. McIntosh says the seven-channel amplifier incorporates its proprietary Dynamic Power… View this story

Arlen Schweiger | 01/12 10:19 AM, 0 Comments

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… View this story

Julie Jacobson | 11/18 10:11 AM, 1 Comment

Two heavy-hitters in the high-end audio market are leaving the business. Ken Dawkins, VP North American Sales for Thiel Audio, is leaving the company after more than 11 years. Thiel is a maker of high-end loudspeakers and audio components. While Dawkins put 11 years into Thiel, Linda Passaro spent only 17 months as global sales and marketing VP at McIntosh, maker of high-end audio gear. Amid several reorganizations, McIntosh and parent company D&M Holdings have seen several high-level departures in the past year. Former D&M president Bob Weissburg and former… View this story

Maxine Giza | 11/10 06:24 AM, 0 Comments

McIntosh has unlocked the doors to two upscale Experience Centers, one in San Jose, Calif. at Century Stereo and one at IQ Home Entertainment in Fairfax, Va. McIntosh products that will be on display include the "Manhattan" (MXA60) home audio system, the “Westchester,” home theater collection with MX150 AV processor, and the "Soho" collection, a two channel system solution that combines the MT10 turntable with a high performance preamplifier and loudspeakers. The Experience Centers are part of McIntosh's plan to expand its customer base beyond audiophiles to include luxury consumers.… View this story

Rachel Cericola | 10/13 07:20 AM, 0 Comments

McIntosh knows how to a get a party started. To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the MC275 Amplifier, the company is planning to release a limited-edition version of the product. The 50th Anniversary Limited Edition McIntosh MC275 tube power amplifier will have an updated gold-toned chassis and comes with a commemorative book and special packaging. It also has the cool, classic 1961 tube circuit design of the original, which oozes quality sound. To update the classic a bit, McIntosh has added a multi-colored LED display to indicate different levels of… View this story

CE Pro Editors | 09/27 01:07 PM, 0 Comments

McIntosh Laboratory joined forces with famous designer John Varvatos to host a special “Curation of Music” vinyl listening experience at the Soho House New York on Monday, September 26, featuring legendary Grammy Award-winning producer and respected author Tony Visconti. Visconti has produced hits with artists such as David Bowie, The Moody Blues, T.Rex and Thin Lizzy, and most recently with Morrissey, Kaiser Chiefs and Angélique Kidjo. He was recently honored with the Joe Meek Award for Innovation in Production at the 2011 Music Producers Guild Awards in London. At the… View this story

Julie Jacobson | 09/01 05:59 PM, 13 Comments

It’s been a rough couple of months for independent A/V reps. Now CE Pro has learned from several sources that D&M subsidiary McIntosh Labs is issuing pink slips to most of its reps. Roughly five [update: exactly eight ] existing reps will continue with the line of high-end audio components, while the others will be replaced by factory-direct representation, sources say. McIntosh isn’t alone. Just this week, speaker manufacturer TruAudio announced it was terminating all of its independent reps except for one, following news that Nortek's AVC Group (Elan, Niles… View this story