McIntosh .... For the Love of Music ....

McIntosh .... For the Love of Music .... by Ken Kessler. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780978723606.

A fascinating history of an audio legend “Even though this book is published by McIntosh itself, it is as candidly revealing as any business history I have read from an independent publisher. McIntosh: “…for the love of music…” is not a happy-slappy PR puff piece but a genuine history. Indeed, I found the behind-the-scenes business chapters to be absolute page-turners…. “As we’ve come to expect from Ken Kessler projects, the production values are lavish. The cover and book and the book’s entire color scheme reflect McIntosh’s black-and-gold glass faceplates and blue meters. The photographs, photo editing and layout are fittingly world-class. There is even a bound-in gold ribbon for a bookmark. In addition to a foreword and introduction, there are 19 chapters of content, four appendices (including a timeline), an index a bibliography, and lists of McIntosh products by model number an name. “Well done. Highly recommended — even if your amplifier doesn’t sport big blue meters.” Excerpts from book review by John Marks, Stereophile magazine