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| Good speakers for MAC 4100 in office. There are many options but I have always loved JM Lab with older Mc equipment. You don't mention a budget but I would recommend the Electra 906 monitor as a synergistic candidate.Arthur | |
| McIntosh Intergrated's with Home Theatre By-Pass The proof is in the pudding. Find me a bypass switch on their integrateds and I will agree with you.Also, I never said they don't do HT. Heck, they even make their own video projector!However, it is true that all you need to do is rotate the volum... | |
| McIntosh Intergrated's with Home Theatre By-Pass McIntosh designs their integrateds for dedicated 2-channel systems only so they don't have HT bypass.Arthur | |
| Mcintosh C220 balanced out Yes it is correct. For a fully balanced McIntosh preamp, look at the C100, C200 or C1000 instead.Arthur | |
| A Bright Pair of Watt Puppys You may simply not like the Wilson sound but I think it is more likely that you don't have them setup properly. A very small change in placement (like 0.5 inches) can make a big difference sometimes. Since you don't have pictures of your setup, it... | |
| preamp suggestions Classe CP50 would be my suggestion.Arthur | |
| Cayin A88T break in and biasing?? Hey Bob - the Cayin 70T is auto biasing. I went and checked out my neighbor's yesterday and we looked all over the manual and the amp and there is nothing about biasing anywhere. That is what the dealer told us but we double-checked. He just plugs... | |
| Nirvana at last? That is one of the great advantages of owning tube equipment - you get to roll the main power amplifier! Afterall, pretty much the only things in a tube amp are tubes and transformers so if you can improve the tubes, why, that is most of the goal ... | |
| input sensitivity Input sensitivity is the level needed to drive the amp to full power. It is measured as a voltage. For example, an amp with 500mV input senstivity will only need 1/4 the output of a normal 2V CD player to reach full power! This means an active pre... | |
| Nationalism in Audio Products? Philosophy is transcendant. In many cases, you can hear and see the way the designer is when you listen and look at his amplifier or speaker. I am French and American and the difference in philosophy between the two nationalities is very clearly r... | |
| What music is your system setup for? You bring up a very good point many people don't think about. Optimization is a very interesting thing and I rarely find one system that does everything well. Some very expensive systems can just about get there but short of having $100k to spend,... | |
| Cannot melt CJ solder with 60w iron.Help I believe that is a brazed joint - not a soldered one. You will need some heavy duty equipment that can produce 850F at a minimum. I wouldn't bother changing them out but there is lots of info on the internet about brazing if you are still interes... | |
| Cayin A88T break in and biasing?? Oops - sorry about my mistake. Glad you called VAS though because there is a lot of conflicting information about Cayin since they have different models for each market. One of my local buddies has the A70 and he loves it. His Cayin dealer says th... | |
| Newfound respect for McIntosh Congratualtions on your fine purchase! I always knew McIntosh would make a come-back and I think in the last year, many people have discovered how wonderful they are. Enjoy!Arthur | |
| Cayin A88T break in and biasing?? No biasing needed. Changing out the tubes is plug-and-play. This is also why you can switch between triode and ultralinear on the fly - a great feature.Why put another $1000 of tubes into it? You don't even know what you have yet. Judge it after a... |