Bose buys McIntosh

I began to worry when McIntosh partnered with Jeep to make car stereos. They incorporated their iconic blue meters into Jeep's infotainment display. Wasn’t a good sign.

This seems like a lifestyle corporate purchase for an iconic lifestyle brand. McIntosh certainly makes quality equipment, but most is far from state of the art. The use of the auto formers really adds a distinctive sound character and the use of the high gain 12AX7 tube in line sections seem limiting to me. The hybrid amplifiers seem interesting but those autoformers…

I’ve been underwhelmed by Bose products since their early days. The imaging of the 911’s was gawdawful, with voices the width of the speaker separation or wider. 

Now if Schiit were to be bought by Bose, THEN I would be upset!
 

Absolutely great news couldn’t be happier. 

I’m just going to get a portable generator for the 252 and bookshelves and toss them in the back seat. Why not?