$2000 MCINTOSH Wall Clock

[BoredSysAdmin]

http://mms.businesswire.com/bwapps/mediaserver/ViewMedia?mgid=257855&vid=1
http://dvice.com/archives/2011/01/mcintosh-amp-wa.php

What'cha y'all think ?

 

[zildjian]

I saw this a couple days ago on another forum, and at first I thought it was cool and thought if it was a few hundred dollars, I'd like one for my office wall... but then I read it was either $2000 or $2400 depending on the source reporting. I like McIntosh products, but I feel that a $2000 clock is simply insulting to we the customers who have purchased their products in the past. I'll pay a few thousand dollars for a quality amp with awesome specs, but a clock. Heck no!

 

[Chu Gai]

No second hand. No moon phases. Sheesh.

 

[son-yah-tive]

Pretty cool. After I got use to seeing how it works. I'm trying to figure out why there are two '12s'?

 

[highfigh]

Pretty cool. After I got use to seeing how it works. I'm trying to figure out why there are two '12s'?

Because there's no 0 O'Clock. It's either 'noon', or 'the other noon'.

 

[emorphien]

That hour panel does just look plain awkward.

 

[Warpdrv]

That is pretty cool but certainly an insult to pay that kind of money for a clock..

 

[BWG707]

Totally nuts. The two readouts look ridiculous in my opinion. Way to simple looking, not elegant or even interesting. I'll give it a big thumbs down.

 

[billy p]

Pfft...it's McIntosh for heavens sake...they'll just wait for them to go on sale at audiogon...lol.

 

[3db]

There's a sucker born every minute...or more than enough people with disposable income that fit the former.

 

[KEW]

If it costs McIntosh $2K to sell this (including their profit, etc.), it really makes me wonder how much amp I'd be getting for $3K-$4K!

 

[BoredSysAdmin]

If it costs McIntosh $2K to sell this (including their profit, etc.), it really makes me wonder how much amp I'd be getting for $3K-$4K!

Not really sure, but I can guarantee you two things:
a) It'll be heavy
b) It'll have very impressive faceplate

 

[KEW]

Because there's no 0 O'Clock. It's either 'noon', or 'the other noon'.

I understand what you are saying, but you could make a parallel argument against the "60" on the minutes dial. It is never 2:60PM, it is 3:00PM!

 

[KEW]

Not really sure, but I can guarantee you two things:
a) It'll be heavy
b) It'll have very impressive faceplate

I just checked the DVICE link you made in the first post, and their response betters mine:

I guess we now know how much of the cost of a Mac amp goes into the faceplate.

 

[Patrukas777]

what a rip off...I'd pay $50 bucks for it.

 

[jp_over]

http://mms.businesswire.com/bwapps/mediaserver/ViewMedia?mgid=257855&vid=1
http://dvice.com/archives/2011/01/mcintosh-amp-wa.php

What'cha y'all think ?

Have to pass on that one... even if I didn't it would have to live in the garage with all my other "man gear"!

 

[craig7]

hmmmm... i like it, but you could probably make one for less than $100