McIntosh announces a trio of home theatre audio devices-- the MVP901 audio video player, the C2600 vacuum tube preamp and the M100 phono preamp.
The MVP901 is described by the company as a 4K-capable device, even if it is not actually compatible with 4K/UHD discs. Instead it upsamples HD and lower resolution content to 2160p with a wide range of image adjustments.
On the audio side a 32-bit/192kHz DAC takes care of most sources, including CDs, SACDs and DVD audio discs. Also built-in are Dolby True HD and DTS-HD Master Audio decoding and support for Dolby Atmos and DTS:X Auro 3D.
Meanwhile the C2600 followup to the C2300 and C2500 vacuum tube preamps. It offers 16 inputs, with analog options including x3 balanced, x4 unbalanced, x1 moving magnet phono and x1 moving coil phono, and digital coming through x3 optical, x2 coax, x1 USB and x1 MCT.
A 32-bit/384kHz DSD DAC takes care of DSD64, DSD128 and DSD256 plus DXD 352.8kHz and DXD 384kHz playback, while headphone listening gets Headphone Crossfeed Director (HXD) technology. Home theatre passthrough allows easy integration in multi-channel setups.
The final device is the MP100-- a first McIntosh dedicated phono preamp designed for vinyl lovers. It has features such as moving coil and moving magnet inputs, moving coil and moving magnet adjustable loading (6 settings each), balanced and unbalanced analog outputs, optical, coax and USB digital outpus and a mono switch for noise-free mono record playback.
It also allows users to rip vinyl records to PCs via USB and a conversion program, with digital outputs fixed at 24-bit/96kHz.
All the above mentioned McIntosh products ship from August 2016.
