Mcintosh Light - Are You Kidding Me?

[Nordkapp]

$1500 big ones for a light inside a box. Absolute shame what the new owners have done to the brand, whoring it out like this. Am i wrong here?

 

[Nordkapp]

15 minutes ago, AudioDoctor said:

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?

Hard to take them seriously at this point. They really have become the brand for rich people with more money than brains. Sorry, but its true. I see this as only hurting the brand's credibility.

[Nordkapp]

12 minutes ago, Ralf11 said:

oh c'mon - it has a "distinct and awe inspiring appearance"

 

well worth it

 

 

 

then there' this:

 

https://www.mcintoshlabs.com/products/merchandise/McIntosh-Towel

 Mrs' Mcintosh and Gow are rolling over. 

[Nordkapp]

14 minutes ago, Ralf11 said:

oh c'mon - it has a "distinct and awe inspiring appearance"

 

well worth it

 

 

 

then there' this:

 

https://www.mcintoshlabs.com/products/merchandise/McIntosh-Towel

The damn towel can't be any good. It only costs $45. 

[Nordkapp]

I once loved this brand. Heck i even owned a car amplifier too. They can sell whatever they want, that's capitalism and i get it. Could they just sell the damn light for a couple hundred instead? 

[Nordkapp]

I get the Mc freaks of the world. Its more of a status symbol, but the price. Ggeezzz. 

[Nordkapp]

15 minutes ago, Ralf11 said:

OMG !!!  That makes me realize the cost must be because the lights use special Russian hand-selected TUBES !!

 

LEDs or light bulbs could not possibly give the correct euphonic glow!  They probably have some expensive autoformers in there too!

Sacrilege-Russian tubes in a Mclight! We can't mingle with the Russians.