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Why is my Mcintosh MC-2155 slow?

Dear 'Goners,

I have a beautiful Mcintosh Mc2155 that I love. It's signature sound is silky smooth with a great presentation without tyrying my ears. However one thing that I cannot figure out is it's so damn slow. I have listened to other comparable amplifier of similar vintage (ARC, Sansui, Conrad Johnson, Marantz) and they all fail when it compares to sonics but speed wise they blow my MC-2155 out of the water.

Is there something wrong with my amplifier? How do I correct this?

Thanks
splittie

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splittie OP
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I will try that asap. Thank everyone for your assistance. What type of speakers would you recommend (small footprint because I have limited space) to match my 2155?

I will let you know if changing the input sensitivity makes a difference.
splittie OP
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Before I forget I must mention that my 2155 is hooked up to a pair of dali suite 1.7 mini towers (2 1/2 way design, with 2 5" woofers and a 1" tweeter).

The 1.7's are very forgiving and musical however they are not the most transparent or have the widest soundstage.
splittie OP
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Thanks 'Goners. I adjusted the input sensitivity last night. I am going to listen carefully this weekend regarding the change in the amp's pace.

I am also going to check out some of the speakers Aball and Hsindao recommended. Thank you both!

Recently my source has been listening to pandora.com as well as jazz on cd (Tina Brooks, Back to the Tracks), and Arthur Blythe. I am getting sick of my Cal labs Genesis cd player as it does not play CDR's. Everyone has been talking about the cabridge audio's new line of players however I do not like their build quality as they look cheap and very similar looking to Shanling's lower end players.

Any recommendations for an inexpensive used player under $1k? I was thinking of the Adcom GCD-750 as some people love it however I am worried about reliability.
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