McIntosh Guy Going Tubes? (Maybe?)


Need some thoughts, comments, advice: present system (mainly McIntosh): Wilson Sabrina’s, MC601 monos, C52 pre, MEN220 room cor, MB50 streamer, MCD80 spinner, PSAudio P10 regenerator. My thoughts are to go analog/tubes via MC275 MKVI monos with C2600 pre(and undefined TT). Pros - Cons?
bradlye

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MC30s .... Particulary ones restored by Yves Beauvais at Vintage Vacuum Audio have a much better sound than any of the other McIntosh Tube Amps IMO. You would need to have fairly efficient speakers .. like 92db-98db.
i am currently using a pair of MC30s with MX151 pre/pro (has men220 or Lyngdorf Room Correction built in ).
I am using Purist Audio Cables Dominus (Fluid ) Interconnect and Domius (Fluid) Power Cables. Purist Audio HDMI into the MX151 from my sources (OPPO-203,JRiver Media Center PC, Roku Ultra into the OPPO) Speaker cables are the Starsound Sonoran Desert Plateau.
Speakers are Tekton Double Impact (96db).
I have never in my lifetime had better sound !
I am finished wanting to change any component in the System.
We all know that most of us audio types are NEVER completely satisfied.
I AM COMPLETELY SATISFIED
My past amps have been :
Rogue Audio ST-100
McIntosh Mc2205
McIntosh MC2255
McIntosh Mc240
McIntosh MC225
McIntosh Mc275
Aric Audio Transcend Push/Pull
Emotiva XPA-1
Nad 218THX
This is just my opinion of course .


Not sure if the MC30s have enough horsepower , but obviously nobody posting here has heard them . I could be wrong, But anyone who has heard them should understand . They sound much better than any of the other candidates mentioned especially the MC275 Go check out he Steve Hoffman forums
http://forums.stevehoffman.tv/
or Jeff days forums at Jeff's Place 
http://jeffsplace.me/wordpress/