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| Why do some audiophiles beat up McIntosh? I've owned Mac equipment, darn stuff looks awesome IMHO. Wish I had kept my c220, glad I got rid of my MA6300. Have had a hard time finding one of their power amps I like listening to, sure hope I do though, love those blue eyes!! | |
| Amplifiers:A Keeper for Life. Do you know of one ? Currently own four different power amps, modified versions of the adcom 555II, hafler dh220, rotel 951mkII, and Will Vincent st-70. Have owned several carver amps, a mac integrated, auditioned a mc2200 and bryston 3b in my current system. When it ... | |
| Audible low level humm from Vincent st-70 Update: Tried three sets of 7199 driver tubes. All tested excellent on a sencore tube tester. Original RCA set is gray plate, humm is minimul ie livable. Second set RCA black plate, humm increased over gray plated set. Third set is GE 7199's, righ... | |
| Audible low level humm from Vincent st-70 Ghostrider45: To the best of my knowledge or I should say my best guess is its 120 hz. | |
| Audible low level humm from Vincent st-70 Haven't tried swapping out the driver tubes. Though I did audition a set of 6gh8a versus the 7199's and wrote in my notes that it seemed background humm increased. I will try a second pair of 7199's. I have a pair of black plate RCA 7199's I haven... | |
| Audible low level humm from Vincent st-70 Marakanetz: Tried swapping AC terminals, no change. Have been listening to the el34's and am going to put the kt77's back in regardless of humm. The el34's just don't sound as good as the 77's IMHO. Not sure what it is but with the 34's it sounds ... | |
| Audible low level humm from Vincent st-70 Update: I swapped out the JJ KT77's for some Electro Harmonix EL34's and the humm dropped by at least half. I like the sound of the KT77's better so I have ordered some fresh Gold Lion Kt77's. So we shall see!! | |
| Amplifiers:A Keeper for Life. Do you know of one ? Roxy54, I've always wondered how the 2105 sounded. Have thought about picking one up many times but have not pulled the trigger. Have you ever put it up against a tube amp? | |
| Will Vincent st-70 upgrade Thanks exocet954. I currently have the bias set at 1.35 on the KT77's. I believe I will try a set of Gold Lion 66's. So far I am enjoying this tube amp immensly, I have a Mac C220 tube amp running the input side and a pair of B&W CDM9NT's as m... | |
| McIntosh-Keep the Classics or Sell for Newer Gear? Keep the gear. Take it to a trusted electrician and upgrade the electrolytic caps in the signal path to modern audio grade such as Nichicon fine gold or Elna silmic II's. I've done this to three SS amps with great results. Caps wear out regardless... | |
| Will Vincent st-70 upgrade Thanks exocet954, I talked to the previous owner and he confirmed its a ground disconnect. Just out of curiousity, have you done any tube swapping? I'm currently using the kt77's and 7199's and what I think is a gz34 as it has no markings. I have ... | |
| Brand new silver power cord is bright sounding I tried a pair of Kimber silvers and they were too bright in my system. I love to hear it when people say cables have no sound. They're right its just wire, but that wire can effect the sound of a system. My neighbor was a non believer until I put... | |
| Best tubed full-function preamp with remote I agree with onhwy61, wait and give it time. I also own a C-220 and its what it doesn't do that makes a good pre-amp great. You mention more colours with the 3B versus the Mac, I have to wonder if those colours are part of the recording or somethi... | |
| Amplifiers:A Keeper for Life. Do you know of one ? I've been into hi-fi since the early 70's have owned more gear than I like to think about. Don't know if there is such a thing as a keeper for life. My most recent plunge is a Will Vincent upgraded ST-70. Have always owned SS amps, this is my firs... | |
| Will Vincent st-70 upgrade Thanks for the info Marakanetz, curious since it is not labled is it ok to switch between modes while the amp is on? |