Anyone heard about the new Mcintosh MC2301's?

For those of you who haven't heard yet, this is a new amp which Mcintosh is taking orders on now. It is to be about 300 watts and tube mostly but I think it has some SS in it as well to achieve the power. My dealer here in Atlanta is having a music event for 2 channel only on May 1, and they will have these on display assuming they ship by then.
beerdraft

Georgia Home Theater. They will have representation in town from Mcintosh, B&W, Classe A, Shunyata, and Wilson, and maybe more. The entire store will be set up for 2-channel. No sales will be done that day and it will just be to spark intrest in 2 channel. From what I understand each manufacturer will either bring stuff to set up or pull from existing inventory and can set up any system they want I think.

You can call them. As far as I know it'll be all day but I haven't asked. Ask for Eric, and he can tell you.

Neal

Where are you located Lmche? I got mine in today but I don't have my extra circuits run yet at home. I hope to get a listen at my dealer here in Atlanta soon as they unboxed thier pair yesterday. I will have C500T,802D'S,MT10,AND CLASSE CDP202... I can't wait, this electrician better hurry.

So they sound great, huh, that is good to know.

What else do you have in your system Tropicaldiver? I have mine now but won't be ready to hook them up til next week, maybe in ten days or so will have hooked up all the new stuff.

beerdraft

Man, Tropicaldiver, that sounds like a great setup. I will let you know how the c500t pairs with the 2301's. I hope to hook up on friday, my racks shipped today and due in on thursday. Still waiting on some of my shunyata power stuff but I can start without if they aren't in.

Mmitch7711, is your c1000 tube or SS? The 501's are great amps, not sure how they stack up with the 2301 or vice versa since I've never heard the 2301 yet. I should be able to do a comparison soon as mine will be hooked up and my dealer should have thiers playing soon to, and I've heard the 501's there running B&W 800D's, very nice indeed.

will let you know when I get to listen,

beerdraft

I'll be hooking mine up tonight I think. I will post some feedback on new Mcintosh gear once I get a listen.

Well its 3 a.m. in the morning. I just got my stands and all put together. The mcintosh stuff looks absolutely phenominal. I only listened to a couple songs as I just couldn't stay awake. Put a burn in cd in on repeat all. I listened to Dianna Krall/ live in paris//. I couldn't really turn it up and it was the first noise this baby has let out, but it sounded very nice to my tired ears. I've found that when I'm tired I can't really focus on what I'm hearing. I will have to say the vocals were wonderful and the piano was big and bold. Very nice tone for a brand new out of the box but will have to listen more tomorrow when I get some rest and get to turn the volume up a bit. Maybe play with speaker placement and listening position. I am so far confident that this is going to be my system for a long time and look forward to more listening tomorrow. I will follow up again tomorrow evening.

Thanks,
beerdraft

Okay, got to do some listening and man I love it so far. I got some betoven in and moved the speakers about til I got the stage and image better. Probably still not exactly right but its getting close. I will probably leave them where they are til everything gets broke in an my power conditioners and extra power cords get in. On the betoven, I had instruments coming from all accross the stage with noticable depth between the different levels. The drums, dont' know the name of the drums but mid bass kind of with echoe sounds and hollow, well when I got the stage so that they were coming from far behind the speakers the rest of the stage just seemed to fall into place. I then moved on to Burning for Buddy, "Buddy Rich", and this was a personal favarite for me and its nice to have the bass again. Before I had N804 and cj amps only 120 watts/ch. My room is 19'x33'.... So the 804's didn't fill the room. The 802D's seem to have no problem filling this room with beautiful bass. The piano and all the horns are just wonderful on this disc to. I have to say the 802D has exceeded my expectation. The mc2301 and C500 have done much the same. The distinction between multiple instruments and the detail thus far is a deliteful listening experience. I geuss this is all a combination of the pre, amps, and speakers, oh and don't forget the classe cdp202. Haven't got too much into the TT yet but will try to get the MT10 warmed up this week. I did listen to a couple albums last night but with my neighbors over so wasn't just listening, we were all sitting at the bar and having a few pints.

I will get in some more listening today and move to Norah Jones, Dianna Krall, and then to some blues and classic rock. Can't wait to hear some Clapton here. I have a lot of cd's not listened to yet at all so I will be doing my best to get into it all soon.

beerdraft

I've added pics and virtual system in "done for now". This thing is great.

beerdraft