McIntosh MHA50 Portable Decoding Amplifier

[TSAVJason]

This unit is just a sad attempt at getting some market share with 1980's tech. For the asking price you get some sad looking button and offset usb connector. Not even 4.4mm out or USB-C?! Apple certification waiting time???? Other companies get it done it pretty quickly. Zero excuses man. Just look at the current stuff that are out and got there stuff done on schedule. The offering on this unit, just shows you how dated this company mindset is.

Well I imagine you won’t purchase one then will you. Dated? I won’t name names but I see a lot of dated products in the HeadGear world. I’m pretty sure McIntosh isn’t going to notice if you don’t purchase one of these terribly outdated units from them. 80’s tech? I’ve been around a long time and never saw anything like this unit in the 80’s. Maybe you’ll give us an example of what was capable of hi rez in portables in the 80’s.

 

[snellemin]

This is 2018 man.

The Mcintosh car audio and home audio are worth getting. This portable crap is not. 80's High Rez Portables......you crack me up man. Remember the DAT players, the CD's players, the MD players. My Sony WM d6c was pretty high rez in the days.

 

[TSAVJason]

This is 2018 man.

The Mcintosh car audio and home audio are worth getting. This portable crap is not. 80's High Rez Portables......you crack me up man. Remember the DAT players, the CD's players, the MD players. My Sony WM d6c was pretty high rez in the days.

Because Wave is hirez? Please!

 

[lionstan]

Jason, was there any update from the McIntosh folk?

 

[TSAVJason]

Same answer from McIntosh as before. Unfortunately they are still waiting on Apple

 

[John Blackshear]

Same answer from McIntosh as before. Unfortunately they are still waiting on Apple

Jason,
You think they've decided to just scrap this? The radio silence is definitely odd. I know Apple takes their time and does not care about the impact on other companies, but it makes me wonder...are the devices flawed in some way that is causing this delay?

 

[TSAVJason]

I think it’s the same issue. Apple is always a very slow dog. With McIntosh they seem to take a long time. This isn’t the first time I’ve seen this happen with Apple and McIntosh. So I don’t think it’s gone just a long wait

 

[buttersocks]

It's on sale in this website. I wonder what they have to say about this delay.

 

[judson_w]

It's on sale in this website. I wonder what they have to say about this delay.

Note:it does say "Availability: Contact us". I admit I have not contacted them about it, but that makes me hesitant to say that they definitely have it in stock and are ready to ship it right now.

 

[TSAVJason]

Note:it does say "Availability: Contact us". I admit I have not contacted them about it, but that makes me hesitant to say that they definitely have it in stock and are ready to ship it right now.

Contact them. The answer won’t change. McIntosh is still waiting on Apple certification.

 

[lionstan]

I think I know the answer to this, but has there been any additional information? There must be an issue with the product.

 

[TSAVJason]

Honestly I haven’t checked in a bit but it’s been quiet. I’ll see if I can can a current answer for you

 

[zimou13]

I know this is crazy. But I'm probably going to get this at some point. And yes, it's strictly for the brand. I mean, this is the cheapest McIntosh product I've ever seen, lol. Plex Kodi Lucky Patcher

 

[CoryGillmore]

I honestly want this just because it says McIntosh on it. Like really really bad.

Can’t believe it’s taken Apple a year to certify this thing. What the hell is going on?

Unrelated question: Have Apple and McIntosh ever had legal issues over their company names? Copyright infringement etc.

 

[TSAVJason]

No they’ve never had a problem between them.