Mcintosh 2301 tube amplifier, how much power used from the wall?


Curious if anyone has measured actual watts coming from the outlet to power the the 2301 mono amplifier?

Basically I'm interested to know what the power use is for purposes of calculating how much heat this amplifier gives off, ie btu.

It uses 8 kt88 tubes, which indicate a spec of around 40 W per tube, hoping this is right. Not sure how much these watts are used when amplifier is at moderate volume. The remaining six tubes on the amplifier power are smaller and have minimal power use

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Showing 2 responses by r042wal

I sniped this from ChatGPT:

The amplifier's power consumption varies depending on its operating conditions. Under typical usage, with normal audio signals and average volume levels, the MC2301 consumes around 800 watts of power per channel. Since it is a stereo amplifier, the total power consumption for both channels combined would be approximately 1600 watts.