Gold Member Username: ExerciseguyBrooklyn, NY United States Post Number: 2858 Registered: Oct-04 | I might have simply overlooked this detail due to the price, but are these manufactured in Brooklyn-NY? The address of the company is in a residential neighborhood, I think it's a private residence? Can this be something akin to a cottage industry? http://www.soundstage.com/revequip/lamm_ml3_signature.htm I'm probably wrong, but I might have heard these a few months back during my Wilson MAXX series-3 (?) audition. |
Silver Member Username: SoundgameToronto, Ontario Canada Post Number: 953 Registered: Jun-08 | Hey CM - if you think you heard them, then what do you remember hearing i.e. $140,000+ worth of sound? Equipment priced at this level always gets me thinking, what makes up the price: Is it the materials and components within? Is it the time to assemble? Is it to pay for the R&D? Or, is it just to push quality sounding gear to an unreachable and exclusive level? In other words, just a marketing scheme / approach where it's felt there would be more money in keeping it exclusive then manufacturing? I'd love to hear them, but unless I was worth millions, this wouldn't be anything I'd ever look at acquiring. |
Gold Member Username: ExerciseguyBrooklyn, NY United States Post Number: 2859 Registered: Oct-04 | I suppose like most other things, they charge what people are willing to pay. I was not terribly impressed by the MAXX set-up in comparison the the ALEXANDRIA set-up, I'm pretty certain the amps were in the room, but I can't recall if I heard them or what they sounded like? |
Gold Member Username: DmitchellOttawa, Ontario Canada Post Number: 3014 Registered: Feb-07 | Man, that's just crazy. If I had the money, I think I would be just as happy, if not more so, with a pair of these: http://mcintoshlabs.com/products/1112.asp For a tenth of the price. |
Silver Member Username: SoundgameToronto, Ontario Canada Post Number: 955 Registered: Jun-08 | Yes, Dave, but I'm sure you would probably have a some Bryston SST/2 around, as well. |
Gold Member Username: DmitchellOttawa, Ontario Canada Post Number: 3020 Registered: Feb-07 | I would George. In silver AND black. |
Gold Member Username: ExerciseguyBrooklyn, NY United States Post Number: 2864 Registered: Oct-04 | I must admit, I'm not a fan of the handles on the BIG McIntosh Amps, or the McIntosh Globe logo. But I do love the classic McIntosh logo (with the Gothic lettering) & the BLUE meters., I also love the nickle-plated finish of The 60th Anniversary Edition MC75. http://www.akfest.com/ |
Gold Member Username: ExerciseguyBrooklyn, NY United States Post Number: 2865 Registered: Oct-04 | ...I'm sorry, titanium-plated, not nickle |
Platinum Member Username: NuckPost Number: 13405 Registered: Dec-04 | That makes my 15,000$ feel sooooo much better. |
Gold Member Username: ExerciseguyBrooklyn, NY United States Post Number: 2866 Registered: Oct-04 | If you spent $15K, I suspect it would. |
Platinum Member Username: NuckPost Number: 13406 Registered: Dec-04 | I saw one ad for the anniversary set for 12K USD. That seems a little closer to reality...but not my reality, unfortunately. Funny, for 15K the word reality wants to spell as realty. Huh. |