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McCormack Upgrade reviews

I currently have a McCormack DNA-2 DLX and have read about the upgrades Steve will do at SMCaudio. It seems that everyone goes straight to Rev. A. This upgrade costs more than what I want to put into my amp right now as it is my highest quality piece and I think more benefit could be achieved by upgrading other equipment.

My question is this: Can anyone comment on the different revision levels C, B, A, and A+ as to improvements they experienced. I am considering a Rev. C right now but I rarely (if ever) see people commenting about this or the other level upgrades.
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garfish
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Bob B gives good advice. I had my DNA2DX upgraded to Rev A a year ago and was very pleased with the results. Steve's assistant is Kris Jeter (not Dekek Jeter, the baseball guy. I think Kleiman, above just made a mental goof). Both Steve and Kris are great to deal with. Good Luck, and Cheers. Craig
garfish
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David; you should call Steve at www.smcaudio.com and get the "skinny" directly from him. In my talks with Steve, he indicated that the Rev. B would be an improvement over the DLX, and that he rarely gets requests to do Rev. C. The DNA2 is a big heavy amp and shipping cost is high, in addition to risking damage to the amp, so it really wopuldn't be worth it to me to send it in just for Rev. C. I think Rev. C is sort of a building block for the higher revisions.

2nd, I agree with Tim (above) in that the DNA2DLX is already an excellent amp and that if you have weaker links in your system, maybe that's where you should put your money. Cheers. Craig
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