I’ve consulted with folk who have spent enough on a single system, enough that could have bought them a pretty little village in North Wales, and they had the following to say about the McAire: “It performs way beyond our expectations, to achieve the same sound (albeit with greater volume) with individual components you’d have to spend in excess of £30k, its a real “jaw dropper” of a little box of tricks”.
I suppose there’s something to be said about the fact that its 100% built by McIntosh, that the speakers are the same as used in their reference systems and there’s no fannying about with ultra low base metal cryogenically treated oxygen free vacuum manufactured platinum non directional shielded interconnects.
…but you COULD by a reasonable car for that!