John Warren Posted January 31, 2001 Share Posted January 31, 2001 you heard it here first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Klappenberger Posted January 31, 2001 Share Posted January 31, 2001 I THINK I'M GOING TO BE SICK! Al K. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnA Posted January 31, 2001 Share Posted January 31, 2001 Isn't that one of the signs in Revelations? John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm Posted January 31, 2001 Share Posted January 31, 2001 Something to do with the beast and the woman? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Klappenberger Posted February 1, 2001 Share Posted February 1, 2001 Malcom, I think it has more to do with McIntosh having been bought by Clarion! I wonder what Gordon Gow would have thought of this? Al K. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RossVTaylor Posted February 1, 2001 Share Posted February 1, 2001 Car or Home? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Garrison Posted February 1, 2001 Share Posted February 1, 2001 Actually, my first thought was "Cool!!!" If an outfit like circuit City can make a go of it selling McIntosh, perhaps it won't be long before we see Adcom, Acurus, Musical Fidelity and similar lines in K-Mart or Walmart. Personally, I think anything that gives the general public the opportunity to find out that there IS such a thing as high fidelity audio is a good thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Adams Posted February 1, 2001 Share Posted February 1, 2001 "If an outfit like circuit City can make a go of it selling McIntosh, perhaps it won't be long before we see Adcom, Acurus, Musical Fidelity and similar lines in K-Mart or Walmart." From my experience and the experiences others have posted here, you'd probably get the same level of product knowledge at Wally World that you get from salespeople at some audio stores. Tom Adams Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Garrison Posted February 1, 2001 Share Posted February 1, 2001 Tom, uh, is that a good thing or a bad thing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunnysal Posted February 1, 2001 Share Posted February 1, 2001 IMHO it is a good thing to de-mystify high-end audio...since for many of the components ray mentioned listening is more important than "knowledge", true ability to mix and match components may require skill, but if most people put together systems by themselves and stay within product lines (like those mentioned by Ray)they should have few problems and get really great results...how can you put together some awful system with musical fideltiy components? creek? bryston? come on! power to the people! I could walk into a circuit city, close my eyes, select anything from McIntosh and have true High Fidelity in my home in a couple of hours! Go, Go, Go Circuit City! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Tom Adams Posted February 2, 2001 Share Posted February 2, 2001 Having just gotten back from Wal Mart, Ray Garrison said: "Tom, uh, is that a good thing or a bad thing?" Well Ray...I dunno. I mean, I remember what happened to Marantz and Pioneer many moons ago and how they sacrificed quality for quantity. Got to the point where you could buy that stuff almost in an Ace Hardware store (I know, I exaggerate, but you know what I mean). Both brands are back now with good stuff, but look how long it took them to recover and re-establish their reputation - almost a whole generation. But if McIntosh and the like can maintain quality, I don't see anything wrong with the concept. What the heck, aren't etailers just virtual Wal Marts? Who knows, maybe Klipsch selling a limited line through K-Mart or summat would be the solution to this debate about Klipsch's internet/mail order policy debate. Audio dealers would have to be more price competitive to compete with the volume sales pricing at K-Mart and *everybody* has a K-Mart near them. OTOH, what the heck do I know - I'm just an egg-head engineer. Tom Adams Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacKlipsch Posted February 2, 2001 Share Posted February 2, 2001 E-mailed Mcintosh in NY....not true...no Mac at Circuit City Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Warren Posted February 2, 2001 Author Share Posted February 2, 2001 The largest McIntosh dealer in MA found out about the McIntosh sale to Clarion a week AFTER it happened which was two weeks before it was released officially to the media. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacKlipsch Posted February 3, 2001 Share Posted February 3, 2001 Deny...Deny...Deny....sounds like politicians Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Phillips Posted February 3, 2001 Share Posted February 3, 2001 Well,CC does carry a Velodyne sub.What next? "Man check out that big sub with them Blose,realy rocks,don't it?" Actually the CC in my area has a sales guy there that knows his stuff.Works there cause it's close to home I guess.At least he knows what Klipsch is and could even pronounce it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Posted February 3, 2001 Share Posted February 3, 2001 could be a lower end line of Macs, could also be a high end pricing strategy to pull up the average ticket price of units sold by comparing them with higher cost models, even though few of the high end stuff actually sells ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pzannucci Posted February 4, 2001 Share Posted February 4, 2001 There are a couple of lines that used to be carried at CC and some still are, that are FAR FROM the bottom of the line. Its nice to see that companies like that will sell higher end products so it give us consumers a chance to buy from a company that deals on price unlike so many other retailers. Peter Z. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Posted February 4, 2001 Share Posted February 4, 2001 what brands do they have that represent the high end of stereo? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheEvan Posted February 4, 2001 Share Posted February 4, 2001 Betcha it's gonna be car audio. Re-branded Clarion. Made in the far east. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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