McIntosh MAC4100 Stereo receiver

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McIntosh MAC-4100 Audiophile Stereo Receiver MAC4100 Absolutely Beautiful! w/ Wood Case!! MUST SEE! No Res!! McIntosh MAC-4100 Stereo Receiver Original McIntosh Wood Side & Top Panels (originally optional) This is my personal receiver that was given to my by father, and he purchased it new! It is from a smoke free home, and has not required service as of yet. Curently it has developed a slight, very slight squeak when you turn the tuning dial. Thats it! I can provide additional photos if requested. In the mid 1940’s Frank McIntosh headed a small firm specializing in the design and development of radio and broadcast stations. Being on the forefront of this burgeoning industry he saw the many shortcomings of the professional equipment of the day. Most notably was the need for high-powered, low distortion amplifier. Hiring engineer Gordon Gow as his assistant the duo researched and developed a landmark amplifier. The amplifier was so far superior in output and distortion specs it was at first met with disbelief. The audio test equipment of the day was not designed to test an amp of such exceeding performance characteristics. But the proof was in its performance. Word of mouth spread and demand grew thus Frank McIntosh & Gordon Gow had new day jobs and McIntosh Laboratory was born. Hindsight confirms the company introduced a new era of professional audio excellence and they were amongst the first to market professional equipment to the consumer. Thus nurturing the high-fidelity industry and spearheading it for years to come. For more than six decades McIntosh has maintained dominance in the high-end audio industry. They are the only surviving “foundational” high fidelity equipment manufacturer around today, still headquartered in Binghamton, New York, with operation and manufacturing carried out in the same method of the originators. McIntosh’s permanence in the marketplace is owed to its history of phenomenal components, all adhering to the same design criterion set forth by Frank McIntosh and Gordon Gow; superior sonic performance and unmatched reliability. Every component was created with capacity so great that it will never be operated at or near its stress point. A good reason why an estimated 80% of the McIntosh components produced since 1949 are still in use today and what’s more amazing is these same components are outperforming modern counterparts with the benefit of years of technological progression. When you buy a McIntosh you’re buying a lifetime component! By the 1970’s, thanks to Marantz, Pioneer and Sansui, the stereo receiver was the bestselling audio component in the entire audio industry and gave these Japanese companies a lion’s share of the audio market. What started out as cheap alternative audio component evolved into a high-end, high-priced component line. Consumers were dropping big bucks on these stereo receivers, and for good reason, they sounded good, a notion even the most demanding audiophile had to admit to. McIntosh did not totally ignore the stereo receiver market, they produced receivers beginning in the mid 60’s, but these did not carry the same prestige that their separate component did. I am in no way implying that McIntosh made poor receivers in the 60’s, however it is fair to say they were guilty of not investing a serious enough interest in this particular component category. Yet with the consumer’s newfound appetite for “high-end” receivers, it was only fitting that the world’s foremost manufacturer of high-end equipment reevaluate their stereo receiver offerings, and once again demonstrate who’s on top. 1978 was a very good year for audio. The 3 big Japanese manufacturers put forth their finest stereo receivers ever. Pioneer offered the $1,295.00, 270 watt per channel SX-1980; Marantz produced the $1,600.00, 300 wpc 2600; and Sansui made the massive 300 wpc, $1,900.00 G-33,000. It was also the same year McIntosh introduced the MAC 4100, largely considered their first serious receiver. The $1,999.00 MAC 4100 did not have the ridiculous power rating of it compet... read more

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