And certainly Mc is not what it used to be (the MC-1700 receiver for example, was great)... you are slamming an "empty box" unfairly. It has:
- A light, well, ok, pretty empty.
- Removable back wall. Eh, ok.
- A IR to turn on and off devices. Hrmm.
- It can control other DinkyLink devices (I did not make that up)
- Trigger control to control other audio devices. Hrmm.
- It is a sturdy metal box (go online and purchase a nice one, I bet they are hundreds of bucks)
Not that it is worth $1500, maybe $300, and at the same quality as that box looks with the glass front, probably $500, but again, saying $1500 for empty box is kind of unfair.
To be honest, I have paid $300 for nice rackmount enclosures with handles that were custom made.
In fairness, that's a cheap, powder coated, folded-metal box so we're not really comparing like-with-like. If one of your goals is to have a nicely-coordinated system that's on display in your home, aesthetics do matter - you're paying for what you're getting, not some unscientific claim of "performance".
>> Fools and their money, etc etc
And certainly Mc is not what it used to be (the MC-1700 receiver for example, was great)... you are slamming an "empty box" unfairly. It has:
Not that it is worth $1500, maybe $300, and at the same quality as that box looks with the glass front, probably $500, but again, saying $1500 for empty box is kind of unfair.To be honest, I have paid $300 for nice rackmount enclosures with handles that were custom made.