3,300 bucks.

What a rip off.

Parts probably only cost them 120 dollars.

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Am I missing something? In his review he notes the Preamp is the least expensive in the Mac line, that his Neighbor's home has a value of $900K and that the CJ preamp he compared it to has a value of between $2500 AND $3500 depending on a phono amp but nowhere does he say what the item he is reviewing costs...

Mea culpa. I neglected to add the price information when I copy-edited the text of Sam's July column.

John Atkinson
Editor, Stereophile

It was a great piece, just lacked a punch line....

What review ? It looked more like an ad for Mac ! Nowhere in the article was any mention regarding how the pre-amp sounded lol

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What review ? It looked more like an ad for Mac ! Nowhere in the article was any mention regarding how the pre-amp sounded lol

He didn't want to write about how bad he thought it sounded.

Lin

Well, it is a *preamp.* It isn't actually supposed to sound like anything after all, and he did note how quiet it is. I liked the review.

I'd love to sample McIntosh products one day

I dug his review as well - very entertaining!