McIntosh Labs has been on something of a roll of late, releasing a slew of new products. It was only a matter of time before the company got around to adding a new turntable to its expanding catalog, and that time is now with the entry level MT2.
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Artur Mlynarz collects, repairs and restores classic hi-fi equipment. Sometimes though, units come in that are beyond help. Wanting to bring new life to vintage cassette decks, he mounted a smartphone into a broken player, and the MP3 Tapeless Deck Project soon followed.
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Manchester-based GPO says it made one out of every 10 turntables sold during the UK's holiday period in 2016. Until now it's product catalog was made up of budget audio equipment, but it's now aiming at cost-savvy audiophiles with the new premium, yet wallet-friendly, PR range.
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McIntosh says that it's tapped into over 45 years of loudspeaker manufacture know-how to create a pair of 7 ft high audiophile pleasers. The XRT2.1K full-range speakers feature a total of 81 drivers for the promise of "spacious sound reproduction with an unusually deep sound stage."
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The Phantom looks like no other wireless speaker. At launch it put out 750 W of precision sound, and has since been joined by a 3,000 W Silver and 4,500 W Gold version – making the original look like a poor relation. Now Devialet has given the "entry level" Phantom a 60 percent peak output increase.
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New York's high-end audio company McIntosh has announced its first hybrid integrated amplifier, the MA252. The all analog amp's retro looks are a design nod to the company's iconic MC275 Vacuum Tube Amplifier, but only the preamp stage uses tubes – the output stage rocks solid-state circuitry.
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Boutique audio gear from New York's McIntosh Labs is generally big, blocky and booming. Even its headphone amp tips the scales at over 25 pounds. But now this monstrous personal listening enhancer is about to get a smartphone-sized sibling designed for on-the-move music lovers.
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Bang & Olufsen's striking BeoLab 90 speakers simply refuse to be ignored. Each weighs in at 300 lb, stands 4 feet tall, pumps out over 8,200 watts, and costs nearly $80,000 a pair. B&O has now crammed much of its flagship tech into a smaller and cheaper package called the BeoLab 50 active speaker.
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For almost 70 years, McIntosh has caused heart flutters among music lovers – both for the excellent quality of its hi-fi separates and for the prices they command. Now a new two-channel integrated amplifier sporting black glass and blue output meters has been announced, the firm's most powerful yet.
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The Memento mori preamp/headphone amp takes the outer form of a human skull – reflecting the meaning of the Latin phrase used for its name – and has been designed for modern audiophiles who care more about pure sound than having a vast array of functions at their fingertips.
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