MACHALIK,
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McIntosh’s latest flagship speaker, the $80,000 XRT2K.
At 452lb each and at 84 inches tall, 19 inches wide and 18 inches deep, the acoustic-suspension column of six 12-inch aluminum long-throw woofers actually didn’t look as intimidating as several other companies’ similar efforts, not only due largely to the overlapping front column of sixty-four 2-inch inverted titanium dome and forty ¾ -inch titanium dome tweeters, but also because of its earthly, McIntosh-style straight lines that are devoid of Martian-derived strangeness.
Now, the company states that the 89dB/8Ω XRT2K can be driven with as little as 75 watts. No doubt it is referring to the only 75-watt amplifier in its current lineup: the MC275.