Mcintosh MX-120 any opinions or advice?

Never saw or heard one, It sure seems to be a great choice.

"For those who want the utility of a home theater but will accept no sacrifice in two-channel performance, McIntosh has released their MX-120 AV preamplifier".

https://hometheaterreview.com/mcintosh-mx-120-av-preamp-reviewed/

but, a careful check of features, lack of features is needed, i.e. only balanced out for front & external decoding might be needed.

" Low Points
• Since the MX-120 doesn't accept digital over HDMI it cannot decode any of the new uncompressed codecs of Blu-ray or SACD or DVD-Audio over HDMI. This necessitates use of the multichannel analog input and will require a higher end source, increasing the cost of the system.
• The MX-120 only offers balanced outputs for the front three channels.
• There is no room correction unlike AV preamps in its class.
• Tone controls are limited to bass, treble, and loudness control."

i have a mx132 which is the least expensive of the mx series! where doe's mine stand???

@oldhvymec Just picked up this thread from March, so my apologies... I recently acquired a very clean MX 120 to simply drive my center and rears in a five channel setup. I intended to use a third party amp(Sunfire five channel ) for this and connect the MX120 to the passthrough on my MA352 for the front L and R...However the MX120 powers up to the "MUTE" display, as it should, but thereafter there is no control from any of the selectors or switches. Reaching out to you as you mentioned you had repaired one of your MX120's. Any thoughts on this would be appreciated. Alex at The Analog Store (Mac appointed service here in NC) seems to be stuck on this one. Thanks...