McIntosh unveils reference-level CD player/DAC

[What Hi-Fi?]

Meet the US hi-fi giant's new flagship MCD12000 flagship CD/SACD player/DAC complete with digital inputs

McIntosh unveils reference-level CD player/DAC : Read more

 

[F8lee]

Wowsers - I can't wait for someone to explain to me how the valves (tubes) will add back the ever-elusive warmth that analog lovers proclaim makes all the difference, when the source material is digitized to start with. Why, it's like magic!

And only US$17.5K? I'll order two - one for my living room and another for my garage!

 

[10basetom]

Meet the US hi-fi giant's new flagship MCD12000 flagship CD/SACD player/DAC complete with digital inputs

McIntosh unveils reference-level CD player/DAC : Read more

The biggest irony in audiophile world is by the time most people are rich enough to afford $20k CD players or $2k speaker cables, their hearing will likely be degraded enough in old age to not be able to discern any differences in sound quality 😅.