Mcintosh equiment seems to get little respect here on AG,but I have owned the MC352 (bought from Audio Classics)for about four years and love it with my C2300 preamp. They sill offer NOS 352s at a very reasonable price. I dont think there's much if an difference between the sound of the 352 and 402 except for the 50 watts.A lot of power and sounds unbelievable with the preamp using Gold Lions.