Each signature McIntosh faceplate is a unique, handmade work of art. McIntosh users enjoy the easy to read appearance of this rewarding, long life design.
Dave ran the famous McIntosh Performance Clinics, testing components in stores nationwide. Shown are MCs being hand assembled. In , McIntosh amplifiers powered Woodstock, a pivotal moment in music history. The festival featured three days of peace, love and music for the hundreds of thousands who attended. In the s, McIntosh grew in both product selection and new product categories. Loudspeakers were introduced along with a family of matching amplifiers , tuners, and glass faceplates and the signature blue amplifier power meters solidified the trademark McIntosh look.
This was a great time for McIntosh and the audio business. The rest of the industry rethought and refined their tuner designs in response. A total of 48 McIntosh MC amplifiers - delivering 28, Watts of power - was used in this groundbreaking sound system. McIntosh loudspeakers continued to gain popularity throughout the decade. The XR5 shown and XR7 speaker was the flagship model that was made to be stacked two high for big sound.
Gordon is shown with the powerful microscope he encouraged dealers to use to check Phono Stylus. The s brought both new challenges and opportunities. Increased competition from both domestic and imported products along with a recession stalled sales growth.
McIntosh responded with new innovative designs that won over a whole new generation of customers. McIntosh continued to earn patents through the s. The MC power amplifier was released in and earned patents. Thorough engineering creates the best speaker designs possible. The XRT20 was one of the most innovative speakers of the decade. This was the introduction of our line array design for the home, which overcame many common speaker issues.
The vision for the company was to expand its presence into the car audio market, and McIntosh introduced an automotive line in Innovations in the Loudspeaker division continued throughout the decade.
Gow was one of the founders of McIntosh, a long time president and driving force behind McIntosh. Most Popular. Back to top. Read Next From News See all. Sign Up To Our Newsletter. It was a professionally written press release. I was happy to learn that ARC was not bought by an investment group with multiple diverse holdings in audio and other industries.
Just my 2 cents but I hope this gives ARC the autonomy to run their company and innovate products the way they always have. At first glance this deal looks like a comfy fit for the seller and the buyer.
They're good folks with good products and they deserve to stick around. They have about years to work on it. I am very happy to see this. Being under an umbrella of brands has never been a good thing in audio, as far as I can remember. Brand identity gets homogenized. Individual brands struggle to not become the ignored step-child. I think of Classe'.
I don't profess to know much about Trent Suggs, but it sounds as though he has a long history with ARC, and hearing that all of the key staff at ARC will remain in place sounds encouraging. Now if only ARC would find a way to either source KT's that are both reliable and less expensive or simply ditch the KT for another tube.
ARC has become a life-style brand meaning prices that more for show than for blow. Search form Search. Analog Corner. News News Analog Gear News.
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