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Mc. Intosh RS1. 00 Wireless Speaker Review. Performance. Features. Build Quality. Value. PRICE 1,0. 00 ea. AT A GLANCEPlus. Classic Mc. Intosh styling DTS Play Fi compatibility. Excellent sound quality. Minus. Quirky Play Fi app. Grille isnt acoustically transparent. I/51ogejp5leL._AA500_.jpg' alt='Ematic Software Update' title='Ematic Software Update' />Monitore bilden das Fenster in die digitale Welt. Doch worauf mssen Sie achten COMPUTER BILD gibt praktische Tipps zum MonitorKauf. Mini DP to DVI, Rankie Gold Plated Mini DisplayPort Thunderbolt Port Compatible to DVI Male to Female Adapter. No Bluetooth. Pricey. THE VERDICTIts hardly cheap, but Mc. Intoshs wireless speaker will satisfy your inner audiophile in more ways than one. My UPS delivery guyafter having me sign for a pair of Mc. Intosh RS1. 00 wireless speakers, whose brand labeling was plainly evidentcouldnt resist commenting before walking off with a wink and a smile Have fun with those. He was in on the secret, a member of that club of audiophiles or savvy enough tech consumers who understand that Mc. Intosh isnt just any old audio brand. The company was founded in Maryland in 1. Frank Mc. Intosh, a broadcast industry consultant seeking a decent audio amplifier to sell to his clients. He hired engineer Gordon Gow, and together they created the 1. W 1 and 5. 0W 1respectively, 1. The firm moved to Binghamton, New York, in 1. Mc. IntoshGow team went on to last through decades of products and a few notable milestones, among them the powering of the Woodstock music festival in 1. Grateful Deads 2. Wall of Sound in 1. DbInulT8J7k/0.jpg' alt='Ematic Software Updates' title='Ematic Software Updates' />View and Download Ematic EWT716 user manual online. Tablet with Windows 8. EWT716 Tablet pdf manual download. Gow eventually took the presidency when Frank Mc. Intosh retired in 1. For more than 3. 0 years, Mc. Intosh built the brands legend by inviting audiophiles to attend touring audio clinics to bench test their own amplifiers against the companys. All the while, Mc. Intosh gearwhich came to include other electronics, source components, and speakersfeatured not only superb sonics but also rock solid build quality and distinctive industrial design a chrome finish for open chassis tube amps polished stainless steel today and, for amps having a faceplate, a black glass front panel with a green backlit Mc. Intosh logo and, of course, the classic Mc. Intosh Blue power meter. After several changes of ownership dating from the early 1. Mc. Intosh has landed in the hands of what used to be Italys Fine Sounds group and is now simply the Mc. Intosh Group out of New York, with sister brands that include Audio Research, Sonus faber, Wadia, and Sumiko. But through it all, Mc. Intosh itself has remained a distinctly American operation and success story out of Binghamton, where it still manufactures. It can be argued that, prior to the esoteric high end audio boom of the 1. Audio Research and Wadia, Mc. Intosh was the high end audio industry, and the brand that budding audiophiles like me dreamed about. So its an understatement to say that I was excited to undertake my first review of a Mc. Intosh product, one offering up the iconic blue meter and classic backlit designeven if, at a not inconsiderable 1,0. RS1. 00 is the least expensive Mc. Intosh product to do so. The RS1. 00 is Mc. Intoshs nod to todays digital lifestyle a powered tabletop speaker featuring DTSs Play Fi wireless technology. As an open standard answer to the proprietary, app driven, multiroom audio systems popularized first by Sonos and now by a slew of competitors, Play Fi has been embraced that is to say, licensed by several traditional audio manufacturers seeking to get in this game without having to reinvent the wireless wheel. The most notable benefit of Play Fibesides allowing you to purchase wireless speakers or soundbars at a wide range of performance levels and prices from different brandsis that the Wi Fi based system is compatible with high resolution audio files above the 4. CD quality threshold. You can also mate any two Play Fi speakers for stereohence, the pair of RS1. Powered up with its logo and meter illuminated, the RS1. Its a rectangular column thats 1. A substantial and solid piece, it weighs in at 1. The box sits suspended above a brushed aluminum plinth, and its front and rear fascia are canted back slightly, a design element that likely improves sound projection while contributing to the cool styling. The floating front panel, thick Lucite here rather than glass, sports a pair of traditional Mc. Intosh knurled knobsmachined aluminum cold to the touch rather than painted plastic. Both have pushturn functionality, with the left knob used for powering up or down the speaker with a push or selecting the input with a turn. The right hand knob controls volume or can be pressed to muteunmute the sound. There is a pinpoint LED below each knob that changes color to denote different conditions, with one indicating power status and input selection, the other showing Wi Fi status to assist with setup and verify network connection. Around back, along with the port for the bass reflex cabinet, there are two RCA connectorsone an Aux input for connecting a monaural signal source its a mono speaker, the other a subwoofer output. On its own, the RS1. Test tone sweeps in my setup, with no nearby boundary reinforcement, audibly dropped off between 5. Hz to prove this out. See Test Bench for our quasi anechoic measured response. Theres a USB port on the rear for service use that can also make a wired network connection to the speaker in lieu of the integrated Wi Fi it requires a USB to Ethernet adapter that is not supplied. This USB port wont accept audio files from a stick drive for playback, however. And unlike some other Play Fi devices, theres no Bluetooth receiver for a quick push from a phone of services that arent Play Fi supported. Also, theres no remote control, as its assumed youll be using the Play Fi app. Discografia Completa Banda Calypso Music here. The only thing that comes in the box besides the speaker and front grille is the detachable power cord. The grille, with its stylish aluminum side strips and black cloth, is magnetically attached and easily removed to reveal a 4 inch polypropylene woofer and a 0. The system crosses over at 2,5. Ensayos Psu Matematicas Pdf. Hz and is driven by 6. I noticed that the grille design, which uses a fairly dense plastic structural mesh behind the cloth, has an effect on the sound, slightly marring delicate details in the highs and subjecting the vocal range to a very subtle veiling. However, removing the grille pretty much destroyed the speakers aesthetic, so my subjective listening comments are all made based on the sound with the grille on, as were our frequency response measurements per usual procedure. As youll read, the speakers still sounded terrific, but a grille effect of that magnitude was a bit disappointing here. At my request, Audio Technical Editor Mark Peterson measured response with and without, and we thus determined that most of the narrow single dip you see in our trace around 5,0. Hz is directly attributable to the grille. Setup. This was my first extended go around at home with Play Fi. Setting up a Play Fi speaker involves downloading the i. OS or Android app used universally by all manufacturers and following the prompts. You boot up your Play Fi device, select it temporarily in your Wi Fi menu, and then assign it to your network with your password before naming it e. Bedroom or Living Room and letting it go through any required product software updates. At that point, it appears on a device selection menu among other Play Fi speakers on the network, and you can choose music from one of several sources the library on your phone or tablet running the app, a media server on a network connected computer I used Plex software on my Mac. Book, or one of the integrated music streaming services. There are currently 1.