Being a proud owner of Mc gear, I have two burning questions:

1. How did McIntosh intend for their products to be displayed once in the wood cabinets? Stacked? Is there a McIntosh factory rack setup where the components slide in and lock with the panlocs? Is there anything Mc recommends for display purposes? You guys should have your own line of audio racks if you don't already :)

2. Why doesn't McIntosh have their own line of cables and interconnects? A bunch of us have a hard time getting our cables (especially speaker) to work with those little speaker connector screws....adapter kits or Mc designed and branded cables that are plug-and-play would surely be a hot seller.

Kamakiri,

Back in the last century it was common to have accessories cabinets for stereo components. Usually the gear was displayed on some type of shelf unit with the cabinets installed. The Panlock system was popular when units were mounted in custom consoles or wall units. Rack mounts were not typically used for home installs and McIntosh did build rack mount amps from the 50's through the 80s for industrial use.
The aftermarket use of large speaker wire started in the late 70s with the advent of 12 gage original Monster Cable. This type of cable can be trimmed down to fit in the screw terminals or small spades may be used. Our current amps use either 5 way binding / banana posts or 200 amp heavy metal types. We let our dealers make cable recommendations as this is now an industry unto itself. Every consumer and dealer has their own favorites so we no longer include the Swithcraft style RCA cables which we used through the early eighties.
We use 12 or 14 gage copper speaker wire, high quality RCA or ballanced XLR cables and silver plated co-ax cables for video or digital data transfer when developing products. Other cables may sound better but this is up to the end users discretion.
Ron-C