{"id":150435,"date":"2022-11-03T14:00:38","date_gmt":"2022-11-03T14:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techweekmag.com\/?p=150435"},"modified":"2023-10-18T07:18:28","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T06:18:28","slug":"mcintosh-mi502-500-watt-digital-amplifier-launched","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/hi-fi\/mcintosh-mi502-500-watt-digital-amplifier-launched\/","title":{"rendered":"McIntosh MI502: 500-watt Digital Amplifier launched"},"content":{"rendered":"

McIntosh has launched the MI502 2-Channel Digital Amplifier, a powerful and highly versatile Class D power amp that\u2019s set to expand the company\u2019s uncompromising \u2018Ci-Fi\u2019 (Custom Install Fidelity) portfolio. The MI502 is extremely flexible, offering a substantial 500 watts of power into 8 ohms or 800 watts into 4 ohms, making it highly attractive for premium custom-installed home audio or home cinema systems.<\/p>\n

The amplifier uses innovative closed-loop digital switching technology with resilient power
\nsupplies to produce groundbreaking performance levels for custom install audio; McIntosh\u2019s world-renowned sound quality comes as standard.<\/p>\n

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McIntosh MI502<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The MI502 can be configured flexibly, too: it can be used to power the front left and right speakers in a home cinema system; drive two in-wall subwoofers; a pair could drive the three front channels of a home cinema plus one subwoofer; or even power a pair of outdoor speakers; multiple MI502s could also be used to power a distributed home audio system.<\/p>\n

Rack-mountable with a 2U height, the MI502\u2019s highly efficient Class D amplifier means the amplifier does not require noisy cooling fans to maintain nominal operating temperature, despite its powerful 500-watt output.
\nThe front panel features two blue McIntosh Watt Meters that display the power output of each channel, while multi-colour LED indicators display the status of each channel. The rear panel includes a pair of balanced and unbalanced inputs to connect to preamplifiers, and a pair of McIntosh’s standard five-way speaker binding posts are also included.<\/p>\n

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McIntosh MI502<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Also included is a black-glass front panel, an illuminated McIntosh logo, and a familiar form factor, highlighted by silver trim.
\nThe MI502 also benefits from several proprietary McIntosh technologies including: Power Guard\u00ae signal overload technology that prevents overdriving the speakers Sentry Monitor\u2122 short-circuit protection circuit that disengages the output stage before current exceeds safe operating levels and then resets automatically when operating conditions
\nreturn to normal Power Control 12-volt triggering capabilities Eco-friendly on\/off signal sensing that turns the unit off if no input signal has been detected for a set amount of time, or automatically turns the amp on when it senses a signal.<\/p>\n

McIntosh MI502: Pricing and availability<\/h3>\n

Orders for the MI502 can now be placed with authorised McIntosh dealers with shipping expected to begin in November 2022 (United States and Canada), and the rest of the world, shortly thereafter, \u00a35,995.<\/p>\n

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McIntosh has launched the MI502 2-Channel Digital Amplifier, a powerful and highly versatile Class D power amp that\u2019s set to expand the company\u2019s uncompromising \u2018Ci-Fi\u2019 (Custom Install Fidelity) portfolio. The MI502 is extremely flexible, offering a substantial 500 watts of power into 8 ohms or 800 watts into 4 ohms, making it highly attractive for […] More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10404,"featured_media":150438,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[642],"tags":[779],"class_list":["post-150435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-hi-fi","tag-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150435","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10404"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=150435"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150435\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/150438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=150435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=150435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=150435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}