Mcintosh mht200

 

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Username: Shiro

Post Number: 1
Registered: Apr-07
Im looking to buy mcintosh mht 200 Does any one have any comments on this receiver?Also i found out its not upgradable..im not what that really means. Any advice
 

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Username: Jan_b_vigne

Dallas, TX

Post Number: 10247
Registered: May-04
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Upgradable to what?
 

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Username: Shiro

Post Number: 2
Registered: Apr-07
I dont know what that means. I have been told by 2 people that this recever is not upgradable and will be outdated in a few years
 

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Username: Nuck

Post Number: 6829
Registered: Dec-04
George, everything that is made today is outdated when it leaves the door.
The Mac will do what it does now for a long long time.
 

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Username: Stu_pitt

Irvington, New York USA

Post Number: 1755
Registered: May-05
Seeing as how Mac gear from the 60's is still readily available and isn't out dated, I'd put very little stock in what you were told.
 

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Username: Arande2

Extreme SQ FTW Missouri

Post Number: 2323
Registered: Dec-06
We'll just see what happens, Mr. Rice.
 

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Username: Jan_b_vigne

Dallas, TX

Post Number: 10252
Registered: May-04
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Who told you the Mac would be "out dated"? The person selling the unit or someone trying to sell you something else?
 

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Username: Shiro

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Registered: Apr-07
He was trying to sell me lexicon rv-8
 

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Username: Nuck

Post Number: 6844
Registered: Dec-04
I think George has been put on the HT carousel here.
George, if you want quality sound reproduction, Mac is where to start.
'specially with some Bary White and sweet wine.
 

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Username: Nuck

Post Number: 6845
Registered: Dec-04
and a chick..D'oh!
 

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Username: Shiro

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Registered: Apr-07
So the mht 200 is better sounding then lexicon rv-8?I heard them both Im torn beyween the two
 

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Username: Nuck

Post Number: 6846
Registered: Dec-04
George, how did you hear the two?
A side by side is the truest choice.

Nice choices, BTW.
 

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Username: Shiro

Post Number: 5
Registered: Apr-07
yes..side by side
 

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Username: Nuck

Post Number: 6852
Registered: Dec-04
So make the call, George.
It's your bucks.
Lifetime choices, both are. Decide you must!

I love being Yoda.
 

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Username: Arande2

Just a matte... Missouri

Post Number: 2325
Registered: Dec-06
OT

I'll probably be asking this until I actually try (hear) it... but what does an awesome speaker on a cheap component or vice verse sound like? A super expensive component of the chain and the rest bargain basement or how does a super high-end line of components react when you put the cheapest thing you can there. 100g cables between a $4 Cd player on cheap batteries and a 2" Bose driver (sealed, like .0001ft³ box).

I just had to ask. You know I'm always wondering "What If?"

OT OFF

McIntosh and Lexicon both ROCK. I'd be torn between them too (if they were free).
 

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Username: Jan_b_vigne

Dallas, TX

Post Number: 10253
Registered: May-04
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Call McIntosh, they are very friendly and helpful people who will give you a straight answer about upgrades. I hate to say it but selling off of someone else's product is a common theme in high end audio and seldom respresents the best way to serve a client. Quite honestly, there should be no reason to disparage the other product if yours is truly as good or better. Maybe I'm misreading the words here, but whether this salesperson has been giving you good advice up to now or not, I would always be wary of anyone who can't sell their own product on its own merits. Informing a client of a well know shortcoming of another product is quite different. Unfortunately, few of us on this forum invest in Mac's HT gear so we're not up to date on their HT products. Call Mac and also Harman International for information on the Lexicon component also, both companies have a well deserved reputation for customer service. Get the information direct from the manufacturer not from a self serving salesperson.


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Username: Stu_pitt

Irvington, New York USA

Post Number: 1759
Registered: May-05
Lexicon sold a lot of gear that was actually re-badged Bryston gear. Any possibility of this being a re-badged Bryston?

In case you haven't heard of Bryston, it's also top quality and great sounding gear as well George.
 

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Username: Stu_pitt

Irvington, New York USA

Post Number: 1760
Registered: May-05
Then again, Bryston doesn't make receivers, so the likely hood of it being one is pretty low.
 

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Username: Nuck

Post Number: 6864
Registered: Dec-04
good recovery, Stu.
 

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Username: Exerciseguy

Brooklyn, NY USA

Post Number: 945
Registered: Oct-04
Note: This is only a "receiver" with the addition of the optional AM/FM Tuner. You would think that for $6600 they could throw in the tuner?

But if you're buying this thing (I wish it was me!), what's a few more bucks for a tuner?

Jan, did you happen to get, or get to read, the new book, McIntosh "...For the love of music..." by Ken Kessler?
 

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Username: Jan_b_vigne

Dallas, TX

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Registered: May-04
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Haven't seen it yet. I am looking however.
 

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Username: Exerciseguy

Brooklyn, NY USA

Post Number: 946
Registered: Oct-04
From what I understand it's $150, only available through McIntosh & dealers, and is limited edition.

I imagine if i pick-up a copy, I can sell it for for at least what I bought it for a month or two from now (at 300 pages it might take me that long to get through it).

Jan, you ever consider writing a book?
 

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Username: Nuck

Post Number: 6931
Registered: Dec-04
it could be like a John Irving novel, but involving McIntosh, small autos and a strange yet involving plotline about an online forum.
Still working on the bear.
 

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Username: Nuck

Post Number: 6932
Registered: Dec-04
And the Nuns.
 

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Username: Jan_b_vigne

Dallas, TX

Post Number: 10275
Registered: May-04
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The Nuns dissuaded me from a singing or writing career.
 

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Username: Artk

Albany, Oregon USA

Post Number: 4607
Registered: Feb-05
None too soon I'm sure....
 

New member
Username: Shiro

Post Number: 7
Registered: Apr-07
does anyone have the mcintosh mx 120? If so do you like it?
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