MC 601 from music culture

I own the MC-601 pre-amp with MC-811 power amps and an MC-501a CD Player. It's fantastic electronics because of the natural sound they're able to offer. I compared it with AYON, AUDIO RESEARCH, PASS LABS... For the price, it bested the whole competition.

@Icorem : I compared it with the X600.5 amps. For me, it was quite revealing. Many amps gives large bandwidth, dynamics, wideness and depth, but the MC-811 add magic! The sound is so natural that it's hard to describe. If you like the naturalness of the MC-601, the MC-811 is a "reference" in that regard!
I need to capture all the emotion of a good recording and with my MC system, i get that and even more...EVIDENCE!
I love Pass labs as well but the MC-811 is something rare...really.

CD to Preamp : Acrolink DA-6300II
Preamp to amps : Acrolink A-2500II
PC on CD : Acrolink PC-9500
PC on preamp : Taralabs Onyx
PC on amps : Analysis+ ultimate oval
SC : Taralabs omega edge

You're right! Cables cost too much but when you find the right electronics, optimize it it's VERY important to get the whole result!
Hope you'll like MC and if you need more infos, don't hesitate to ask.
Enjoy!

I listened to several power amps : KARAN, KRELL, MCINTOSH, AUDIOMAT, ARAGON, ACURUS, PLINIUS, USHER AUDIO, PASSLABS, NAIM, AUDIONET, CLASSE...
As i explained before, many amps are great. None equal the naturalness of the MCs and it's not system dependent cause i tried the MCs on many different systems. Always greater.
The most difficult thing in Hifi is to reveal all the details with liquidity. Only a few electronics can do that.

@Icorem : I had a look on your system. It's quite something!!! You must be tall to reach your LP player?! ;)
Can you give me the price of the MC811 in Israel?

In France, it's listed 17800€. In Germany probably less due to the lower VAT.
Let me know the price you get, may be i can help you for better... Israel is 220V or 110V?

@Audiolab : I heard ultra high end KRELL mono blocks around 200 000$. It was great but if you compare the price you pay for the KRELLs and the price of the MC-811 mono blocks, the MC-811 are a steal cause you get the same result for a fraction of the price.

@Icorem : not at all !!! I'm no retailer but i know some very closely. Anyway if you buy the MC-811, it's probably better to deal with your local dealer. When i said i can help you with it, it's because i know the retailer's price so if you want to bargain, knowing that is an advantage... ;)

@ Icorem : Hopefully you're not the kind of guy who buy without listening...
Cheers man!

@Audiolab : You should listen to the MC-811 before guessing on the result! ;)

Anyway, old KRELLs are probably better than new ones, i can't tell cause i never heard the whole range of KRELL amps in the last 20 years (i don't think i'm the only one LOL!)

The KRELLs i heard was 4 Monoblocks around 200 000$ (KRELL representive estimation). It was huge but...TOO HUGE! On a Louis Amstrong sound, it seemed like Louis had a 10ft head!!! Lol!