Go to the rear of your 6100 and you should see 2 small U shaped pieces of metal. Pull them out. Plug the left and right interconnects for the amps into the 2 rca jacks that are labeled preamp.
connecting mono amps to pre amp
Newbie here. I'm 56 and this past year and a half, I've gotten back into 2 channel. Various amps/pre amps and receivers. I would like to know how to properly connect (2) Mcintosh 2120's to a Mcintosh MA 6100. Have several mac pieces as well as others. But seems Mac is kind of like BMW/Mercedes -European cars with the fact of over engineering or over features, for a lack of better words. Can someone shed some light here with regards to the MONO bloc connection on these? Thank You in advance!!
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Not to confuse you, but since you already own both amps, you may want to try a vertical biamp. (I'm assuming your speakers have 2 pairs of binding posts). For the most part, people feel that bridging a stereo amp degrades sound quality. How much will vary from system to system. A vertical biamp will allow you to use both amps unbridged and avoid any power differences that usually come up with horizontal biamping. If you want more info, have a look at this. http://vandersteen.com/audio-perfectionist-journal Personally, I think APJ is the best reference on high end audio ever written. There's an incredable amount of useful information in it. |