Integrated amplifier
£12,495
We are of the opinion that high-end integrated amplifiers should pack in every feature that prospective customers are likely to need. After all, what’s the point of spending thousands on a single-box solution only to find that you still need to add an outboard phono stage or DAC to make your system work? Take a look through the MA8950’s extensive feature list and it seems McIntosh agrees.
There is no denying that the MA8950 is something of a beast. While this amplifier sits broadly in the middle of the company’s integrated range, there is nothing remotely modest about it, from the vertebrae-straining 34kg weight to the generous 200 watts-per-channel claimed power output. And that’s the output regardless of whether you connect to the 2, 4 or 8 ohm speaker connections on the back panel, too.
We are used to seeing such a choice of connections on the back of valve amplifiers, but not on those of a transistor persuasion. This is something that sets McIntosh’s designs apart from their
