highdudgeon;143141 Wrote: > The McIntosh MC-501 mono blocs are rated for snr of 124. I owned a set. > They are very, very good. Really cool to watch, if anything.
I heard a full McIntosh system recently, with several vast monoblocs driving their 8' speakers, and I couldn't wait to leave the room. I would take my own system over it like a shot, even though it cost maybe a twentieth the amount! The Mac was playing an album I love, and it completely failed to engage me or seem particularly real or musical. It all seemed just 'correct' but not 'right', if that makes any sense. I later heard the same album on another unfamiliar system, again a fraction of the Mac's price, and it sounded way better. I think there may be more than SNR to it somewhere... -- adamslim SB3 and Shanling CDT-100, Rotel RT-990BX, Esoteric Audio Research 859, Living Voice Auditorium IIs, Nordost cables ------------------------------------------------------------------------ adamslim's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7355 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=28126 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
