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Bose buys mcintosh, sonus faber

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McIntosh keeps getting bought and sold and never leaves it original factory in Binghamton, NY... of all vestige locations. Next, Samsung buys Bose... and just like that... Revel, McIntosh and Sonus Faber are under the same umbrella... with Bose... lol. That twists my noodle a bit.
 
Honestly, I can't stop chuckling about it.
That was my first reaction, as well. :cool:

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ahem.
In seriousness though - McIntosh has been owned by so many different companies and concerns over the years that 1) they're probably all used to it and 2) they'll likely keep plodding along making large, expensive boxes with hypertrophied blue meters for a long, long time.
 
and meanwhile, Voxx and Masimo are still trying, last I knew, to unload their audio brands...
 
New Bose product coming soon

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In seriousness though - McIntosh has been owned by so many different companies and concerns over the years that 1) they're probably all used to it and 2) they'll likely keep plodding along making large, expensive boxes with hypertrophied blue meters for a long, long time.

That'd be so boring, though, from a personal entertainment perspective.
 
I predict we'll be seeing more mainstream McIntosh stuff due to this... but I think it's possible they leave the product lineup alone and just increase distribution a bit. It's not the kind of brand that's amenable to lots of extensions unless you're willing to burn the goodwill.
 
I knew the end was near when they put MCintosh in Jeeps.

McIntosh has done automobile sound since the 90s, and did an integrated system for Subaru ~2000.

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McIntosh has some modern amps as well. Here's a Class D with Hypex modules, SMPS power supplies and blue meters. $4500, 22 lbs. This is one we gotta get Amir to measure... 500 watts! :cool:

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