Mcintosh Light - Are You Kidding Me?

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1) You're not being forced to buy it.

 

2) If people will buy it, then why not build it?

 

3) They're in business to make money aren't they?

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3 hours ago, Nordkapp said:

They really have become the brand for rich people with more money than brains.

 

I guess I have more money than I think I do...

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6 hours ago, Ralf11 said:

it's the high price that is most concerning, beyond the lack of function

 

it is almost analogous to a sports car company making an SUV

 

I hate it, but it does enable them to continue to make the real sports cars, and saved them from going out of business...

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6 hours ago, CatManDo said:

 

A McIntosh system without this light is like a Rolls Royce without the Spirit of Ecstasy

 

Damn, you've convinced me, I guess I have to get one now...

 

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10 minutes ago, Ralf11 said:

the tubes would not mingle, only collude

 

The power tubes would send the small signal tubes to do the colluding...

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12 hours ago, TubeLover said:

A friend of mine is paying $8500.00 for his yearly Ferrari tuneup here in the Detroit area!

 

JC

 

Crazy, yearly costs on my GT4 equal oil changes and air filters...

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16 hours ago, BrokeLinuxPhile said:

I've seen some exotic salts (good old NaCl) for cooking sell for around $40/ounce.  Nothing surprises me anymore.

 

I've seen salt with an expiration date...

 

Damn thing survived millions of years only to expire next week...  Of all the rotten luck.

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2 hours ago, TubeLover said:

Agreed, but the cost of Ferrari ownership, in general, is crazy. For your average Ferrari (meaning those that sell used for $150k or less) a very wise, and skilled independent Ferrari mechanic, with over 30 years of experience, told me that "what you pay for the car will be the lest of your outlay, over the time you own it!".

 

Of course, a similarly experienced Mercedes Benz mechanic also told me that when I was considering a high end current. Mercedes. And, the Porsche dealerships here also charge $450-500.00 for an oil change for a Cayman, or 911, which most people would think insane. 

 

JC

 

 

Very true.  I do my own oil changes, that way if I screw it up I have no one to yell at but myself, and I enjoy it. Same with the Air Filters. That said, the maintenance costs of my car are very low considering I track it. If we start looking at total costs beyond just the engine, we add in brakes, brake fluid, tires, lube of various sorts, etc... and it is still a relative bargain. Porsche, IMO, makes some damn reliable cars. Some may call me crazy, but I enjoy doing as much of the work as possible.

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1 hour ago, bluesman said:

Fortunately, the MacIntosh light is likely to be quite reliable, so the downstream cost is limited

 

 

HAHA

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1 hour ago, Ralf11 said:

"when you work on your own car, you become one with the machine"

- ancient Chinese sage

 

Sun Tzu and the Art of Car Maintenance for better lap times...

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4 minutes ago, bluesman said:

 

So true ! For example, both cars and I have cut down on carbs in the last 30 years  

 

fewer off track excursions filling the radiators with grass?

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1 hour ago, bluesman said:

 

Fuel injection

 

I get it.