This Thing Is Nuts! The Story of McIntosh’s Mostly Useless, Completely Awesome MI-3

Introduced in 1964, McIntosh promised a lot from the MI-3 maximum performance indicator. It was five laboratory instruments in one. And would show you what you needed to do to improve your system’s overall performance. At a pricey $249 (about $2,400 in today's dollars) did it really live up to the hype? And just what is this thing anyway? Topics and timestamps covered in the video: 0:00 Introduction 0:50 What’s an oscilloscope? 0:57 MI-2 1:41 MPI-4 1:51 Oscilloscopes by Pioneer, Kenwood & Marantz 2:11 What the MI-3 can’t do 2:36 Using the MI-3 with a tuner 3:30 What’s FM multipath? 3:53 Testing for FM multipath 4:40 Is the MI-3 useful for FM tuning? 5:05 L&R audio tests 5:15 What is phase? 5:53 Testing phase 6:34 Testing balance 6:49 Testing stereo separation 7:19 Is the MI-3 useful for audio tests? 7:45 Who’d benefit from an MI-3? 8:30 Oscilloscope Music Demonstration Music credit: Spirals, by Jerobeam Fenderson My for more information on Jerobeam Fenderson and oscilloscope music: https://oscilloscopemusic.com To visit my Amazon Shop, please click: https://www.amazon.com/shop/fluxconde... #mcintosh #stereorepair #oscilloscope #hifi