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McIntosh Laboratory is an American manufacturer of handcrafted high-end audio equipment based in Binghamton, New York. The company was founded in 1949 by Frank McIntosh. McIntosh is highly recognizable for their black glass front panels, "McIntosh Blue" amplifier power meters and iconic logo. ==Company history== In 1946 Frank McIntosh, a design consultant for broadcast and TV stations, hired Gordon Gow to help him design a high power, low distortion amplifier needed for his clients. This amplifier would become the 50W-1. It included McIntosh’s first patented circuit, the Unity Coupled Circuit, still used by current products.〔 In 1956, the company moved to its current location of 2 Chambers Street, Binghamton, New York. Dave O’Brien joined McIntosh in 1962. He led the McIntosh Amplifier Clinics for the next 30 years. McIntosh created a Loudspeaker division 1967 McIntosh amplifiers were used at the Woodstock Music Festival in 1969.〔()〕 The Grateful Dead's “Wall of Sound” reputedly used forty-eight 300-watt per channel McIntosh model MC 2300 solid state amplifiers for a total of 28,800 watts of continuous power Frank McIntosh retired in 1977 and Gordon Gow became President of McIntosh. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「McIntosh Laboratory」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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