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| Life of amp internals Mark is right. Caps are the first to go. Although my McIntosh MC240 had caps that were 40 years old and it still worked but a complete overhaul made a huge difference. Everything else will should be fine much longer.Arthur | |
| Floor standers or Monitors? Another option is Triangle speakers. Incredible resolution, imaging, and efficiency from both their floorstanders and monitors. I had a pair of Antal ESw in my system and they sounded great. I also used to own a pair of Comete ES monitors and regr... | |
| B & W 802 Nautilus and Monoblocks With those speakers, I too would choose the MC501.Read Brian's great thread. He had 802s and ended up using McIntosh amps with them after trying many others:http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?vevol&1055189481Arthur | |
| Floor standers or Monitors? First question is bass quality. How do you like it? I have trouble with integrating subs very well. For me, great bass is super important and for that I find that monitors +sub can't compete with floorstanders. At least so far.However one big adva... | |
| Assessing quality of power You would need a high-bandwidth oscilloscope to see how clean or dirty your incoming power is. Best bet would be to simply get a fairly inexpensive power conditioner like something from PS Audio and try it out. If you can't hear a difference, you ... | |
| Where did the sound go? You are finding out what a room can do to the sound. I have witnessed this several times now. Your speakers will have to be in different locations than they were in your old room. Move them around A LOT and see how they need to be for your sound t... | |
| McIntosh MC402 vs. Bryston 4B SST It will depend on your personal tastes and how your system sounds now. The Mc has more body and favors microdynamics a bit more whereas the Bryston is a little cooler and more analytical. They are quite different. IMO, the Mc is more refined sound... | |
| MC402 vs FPB 300cx Glad you are finally looking past the 804s for real bass. I hoped you would take my advice. But the 803 do need a pretty large room to not sound boomy. The new 804S might be just the ticket for you and shouldn't be overlooked - they sound like a b... | |
| McIntosh Clarification All the current McIntosh amplifiers use output transformers - just like tube amps. That is why, like tube amps, the power is the same at each load impedance. There is a separate speaker cable tap for each impedance so the bipolar transistor output... | |
| Tube CD player? Saki - as far as I can tell, you are the only person that has had transport problems with the Prima. I know several other Prima owners that haven't had any issues and mine is going on two years old, played everyday, and it hasn't ever missed a bea... | |
| What sounds best integrated or separates? It totally depends on the amp(s), stereo, room, listener, etc.Arthur | |
| McIntosh MCD201 SACD/CD Player Buy-and-try will still be your only clear answer. I guarantee it.Arthur | |
| Ringing amplifier YBA feels that it is a real problem and that it can affect the sound. McIntosh also makes a conscious effort to avoid it happening by putting a thin layer of damping material between the heatsink and the chassis. I have also seen this in French Eu... | |
| Tube CD player? I had two Jolida JD100, a Granite 657, an Opera Consonance Reference 2.2 and an Audio Aero Prima mk2 (I've had a bunch of solid-state cd players too). My favorite of the tubed group is definately and without a doubt the Audio Aero.The Jolidas were... | |
| Capacitors for BAT VK-60 Damaradona - If you felt that the Cardas cables and power cords didn't make enough difference, I am not sure capacitors will either. I think you need to try different amps instead. This will give you the big change that you seek, especially since ... |