How to Build a Listening Room With McIntosh Speakers
Getting Into High-End Audio? Treat Yourself With McIntosh Loudspeakers
When you have a passion, it’s only a matter of time until you want to dive deeper into it. Wine connoisseurs search for the best bottle, coffee fanatics hunt for the richest brew, and foodies scour the hottest restaurants for unique dishes. In a similar fashion, if you really love music, then it’s about time you invest in a quality speaker system.
The most dedicated audiophiles will set up a space in their homes—a listening room—to enjoy music in the perfect setting. If you’re thinking about investing in a high-end sound system but aren’t sure where to start, let us be your guide.
We’re going to use McIntosh audio as an example because we find their speaker and amplifier products are of the highest caliber. Read on to learn more about creating a dedicated listening room.
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Choose Your Speakers & Receiver/Amplifier
A typical listening room is comprised of two high-quality loudspeakers, a left and right speaker. McIntosh manufactures several impressive floor-standing loudspeakers, like the XRT2.1K with a whopping 81 drivers at 2,000-Watts. The XR100 is less powerful, at up to 600 Watts, but is handsome in fine gloss wood in black or red walnut. Whichever you choose, you’ll need two for two audio channels.
You’ll also require a receiver or amplifier to power your speakers and connect them to a media source. McIntosh is world renowned for its amplifiers, which range from one to eight channels. For superior performance, we recommend using a separate preamplifier and amplifier in your system.
Connect to Any Music Source
Love vinyl? Or do you carefully curate playlists on Spotify? Your stereo system can sync to multiple audio sources, from the turntable to radio to the Blu-ray player.
With speaker wire, connect the receiver to the McIntosh MT10 precision turntable, or whichever record player you use, to enjoy new and vintage albums. McIntosh’s MS500 music streamer seamlessly connects to your internet music streaming and downloaded music, so it’s all readily available in uncompressed, lossless files. Your digital music can be synchronized across multiple homes or locations too, wherever there’s an MS500. And with the MAC7200 receiver, AM/FM radio is built-in, so you can enjoy local radio.
Add Necessary Acoustic Treatments
For your McIntosh speakers to sound their best, you need to make sure you’re reducing excessive reverb or echo that can ruin your listening experience. With bass traps on the walls, absorbent panels, and even soft fabric and carpeting, you should be able to minimize distortion. A professional installation will treat the room with absorptive materials and diffusion structures to scatter soundwaves. We can also install soundproofing treatments to reduce distracting outside noises.
Where to Find McIntosh
McIntosh audio can’t be ordered online or found at a big-box store. Its sophisticated speakers require the expertise of certified audio-video dealers. If you’re in the Brownsville, TX area, D-Tronics Home & Business is your local destination for McIntosh speakers. Contact us here to learn more!
