New McIntosh MHA50 Portable Decoding Amplifier
 

http://www.mcintoshlabs.com/us/Produ...roductId=MHA50

http://www.mcintoshlabs.com/Assets/I...background.jpg

MSRP $700 / shipping in October

What's with the cheap looking plastic panels and toggle switch... Very Un-McIntosh like. :no:

How do you know they're plastic?

If those blue panels do not look like plastic, I don't know what plastic is. :D

I wonder if it is rebranded? If so who is making them? Fiio,AstellEtc.

How about a new kick @ss tube integrated to replace the MA2275.

I want one for when I fly back and forth to Naples as well as for streaming Tidal by the beach. I like the idea of being able to use it with my phone wirelessly without cables. I am not sure how one gets the music out of the iPhone without it using the internal DAC in the phone ? I guess you can only take advantage of the DAC in the MHA50 with a computer ? Ivan, group buy?

No meters, count me out :D

Devices like the Chord Mojo bypass the internal DAC of the iPhone when using the iPhone cable.

I'm wondering how they bypass the internal DAC of the iPhone when going over Bluetooth though?