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McIntosh MCT450 Transport ‘Reveals Just How Good SACD/CD Can Be In The Streaming Age’

McIntosh Lab launched the new MCT450 Super Audio CD and CD transport as “a high-performance disc-spinner designed to complement any McIntosh product with a digital input,” said Jordan Acoustics, the high-end supplier’s U.K. distributor, in a Friday announcement. The MCT450…

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“reveals just how good SACD/CD can be in the streaming age,” the distributor said. The MCT450 includes an aluminum die-cast CD tray, plus power control and data ports “to control the unit’s operational state via other McIntosh system components,” it said. The entire unit is housed “in a classic McIntosh-styled polished stainless steel chassis” with a black-glass front panel and brushed-aluminum end caps, it said. McIntosh priced it in the U.K. at just under 4,500 pounds (about $6,700).