Bose acquires Mcintosh

[Mikado463]

No it's not April 1st ...........

Bose Corporation Acquires McIntosh Group | Bose

Read the full announcement of Bose's acquisition of the McIntosh Group, the leader in luxury, high-performance audio.

www.bose.com

 

[Squishman]

So now there will be highs and lows?
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[gene]

McIntosh speakers have been trash for decades. Maybe Bose can help them engineer better ones?

In all honesty, I think this is a move to solidify their top tier positions in Magnolia showrooms and also regain ground lost in car audio since Mcintosh and Sonus Faber are not players in the space.

 

[TLS Guy]

No it's not April 1st ...........

Bose Corporation Acquires McIntosh Group | Bose

Read the full announcement of Bose's acquisition of the McIntosh Group, the leader in luxury, high-performance audio.

www.bose.com

So that is Mac and Sonus Faber down the tubes then. That really puts a full stop at the end of an era.

 

[TLS Guy]

McIntosh speakers have been trash for decades. Maybe Bose can help them engineer better ones?

In all honesty, I think this is a move to solidify their top tier positions in Magnolia showrooms and also regain ground lost in car audio since Mcintosh and Sonus Faber are not players in the space.

I honestly don't think Mac ever made a decent speakers, but their amps are a different matter.

 

[Squishman]

I honestly don't think Mac ever made a decent speakers, but their amps are a different matter.

That's what I thought of from the outset was their amps.

 

[Squishman]

Kevin at Skylabs Audio talks about the McIntosh XRT-20 speakers he acquired.

 

[gene]

I honestly don't think Mac ever made a decent speakers, but their amps are a different matter.

Autoformers in the output stages in this day and age are silly. Why would you want an amplifier to deliver the same power in 8, 4 and 2 ohm loads and add all of that hysterisis to the output that isn't a problem for modern solidstate amplifiers. Build quality and aesthetics aside, I see little appeal to owning a Mcintosh amplifier product.

 

[gene]

Bose Buys McIntosh?!?

Bose has recently acquired the McIntosh and Sonus faber audio brands. It’s a bit surprising—like McDonald’s buying a fancy steakhouse—but perhaps there’s a m...

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[AcuDefTechGuy]

Only thing ever “good” about McIntosh were the amps aesthetics and the bragging rights because everyone knew that they cost more money than other amps.

Like the B&W 800 Diamond series speakers - aesthetics and bragging rights for costing a lot more money.