Sonic Frontier Line 3 vs McIntosh C2500

Some of my other components that would go with it:
B&W 802s
Pair McIntosh MC 402s
McIntosh MCD 201
Pro-Ject RPM 10.1 - 10cc Evolution Carbon Arm - Ortofon Black MM
Pro-Ject Speed Box
Manley Chinook

Erik ...I did speak to them, and that's exactly my quandary ... Upgrade or trade?? I really love the neutrality of my SF3 and the Chinook seems to have made a perfect marriage to it. I listen mostly to vinyl and the combination is pristine. I think that I just answered  my own question...? 

Hah!!

Thanks for your input Matt... It is really helpful!
I'm not sure if it's ok to connect the chinook to the phono inputs on the Mac, or should it be connected to one of the auxiliary. The C2500 has imputs for both MM & MC, so my mental debate is whether I will still need the Chinook.!

Thank you Jond...

That's awesome feedback Eric... I think that I'll follow your advice. I'm keeping my 15 year old (!) 802s for a while. Gotta save some $$ somewhere! The SF3 is shipping off to Canada tomorrow morning...

I'll let you know ... Thx again. 

Hey Erik... This is more or less what was done...:

SE PLUS MOD
DUELUND UPCHARGE
NOS TUBE SET
NETRIK UPGRADE
PGA 2311PA - Volume Mod
3A SB 6.3X32mm Fuse Supreme
CIRCUIT UPDATES 
 

Agreed on the break in... I'll let you know in about a month..
The fuse is Hi Fi Tuning Fuse Supreme

Not sure, but they're 4 massive things! He built like a 'rack' on the motherboard to hold them... I should've taken a picture b4 I closed it up.!

All the tube bases got replaced also...

Hi DZ... Do you also own a Line 3? I'm not very savvy with electronics, so I don't even know what the caps do! My set of tubes seem to be the same that you have though... This was a major rehaul though because I got a bagful of all the old stuff that got removed. I could take a picture of the guts so can see what was done... I have before and after....

Holy crap... How do you know all that stuff..! But thank you, I get the picture now. The upgrade was big bucks for certain. So far, in the initial 10 hrs of break in I can tell a HUGE difference than before.. It's going to be awesome! Thanks for convincing me to keep it and upgrade it. 

Got it... I'm not messing with it.
Regards

I did, but the forum does not allow for posting pictures.!