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Gregory Porter's turntable

Rug Doc said:
Never had anything McIntosh at home, but the best car head unit I’ve ever owned (and I’ve had most!) together with the best amp for in-car were both made by McIntosh in the 1990’s.. in fact the HU was a modified Clarion unit, the amps were designed and built from scratch, but they both sound wonderful.
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I had one in a Subaru from 2008.

Sounded ok but died at about 4 years old. They wanted $4000 for a replacement - even the guy in spare parts who quoted me that price was embarrassed.

I installed an alpine unit (including having to replace a chunk of console) for half that price. And it sounded better that the Clarion/ McIntosh
 
my sister in law,played me his first album, i thought all the tracks sounded the same, a bit of a so so singer in my opinion, he might be a nice bloke, but that doesn't make him a good singer, totally overrated,
 
JensenHealey said:
I understand that the 'scars' are far less visible these days (and he has had surgery many years ago) but 'the hat' has become a trademark.
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Yes apparently GP has some scarring and wears the hat & balaclava combo as a "kind of security blanket", though I think it's fair to say it's become his easily recognisable image.
I can't say his music, singing or his choice in record players does anything for me.
 
graystoke4 said:
my sister in law,played me his first album, i thought all the tracks sounded the same, a bit of a so so singer in my opinion, he might be a nice bloke, but that doesn't make him a good singer, totally overrated,
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Each to there own i suppose, I remember Jez Nelson playing the first album on Jazz on 3 and thinking how distinctive his voice was, i think the first two albums were fantastic, it's all gone a bit soft since, a bit Daily Mail, shame in someways because that voice carries some weight, i think he could do something a lot edgier.



Pretty good metaphor for Porter's journey too...Hey, there goes that A Train...
 
Lowgroove said:
I had one in a Subaru from 2008.

Sounded ok but died at about 4 years old. They wanted $4000 for a replacement - even the guy in spare parts who quoted me that price was embarrassed.

I installed an alpine unit (including having to replace a chunk of console) for half that price. And it sounded better that the Clarion/ McIntosh
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Yeah, agreed. The McIntosh branded HU in the Subaru’s were rubbish. Not what I’m referring to!

This is the one.. MX5000...

https://audiokarma.org/forums/index...cintosh-car-audio-appreciation-thread.510376/

It sounds sublime.
 
Robert said:
Love McIntosh electronics but I think the decks are hideous.
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I don't know why you'd want to buy a product that is just a more expensive re-badge of someone else's? Why buy a Rega Carbon for £30 when you can buy an AT3600L for £10? Like I said, I think that the people who buy this stuff don't look into it very hard.
 
G T Audio said:
Some of the early McIntosh was good and most probably better than what they make today. The MR65B and MR71 were excellent tuners. The matching preamps were also well received. I remember in the late 1980s restoring a pair of McIntosh MC75 mono amps for Stuart Tyler (owner of ProAc). They were all hard-wired and were very nice amps. I've also serviced a couple of MC275's, the reissue of the original MC275 but nowhere near as well made as the original version.
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The MC75 mono blocks were lovely amps and the MR71 tuners, superb.

I still have two MR71 tuners sitting here. I need to E-Bay one of them.
 
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Darren said:
Ah.... Didnt know about that. Looking forwards to it myself.
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Ahh sorry to have been the bearer of the unfortunate news Darren...the anticipation will just make it all the sweeter when it eventually lands on the mat! (Door and TT! )
 
hifi_dave said:
The MC75 mono blocks were lovely amps and the MR71 tuners, superb.

I still have two MR71 tuners sitting here. I need to E-Bay one of them.
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Agreed Dave. The early McIntosh equipment was very nice. I really enjoyed working on Stuart's MC75s and I have some old photos of those amps somewhere. I sold my MR71 a few years back. Wonderful tuner.
 
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