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| McIntosh Preamp for McIntosh MC7270 Is Amp OK? Have you got a CD player you can plug into the amp (turn amp's gain down first, play cd, raise gain, lots of volume? ............................................ Is TT ok? do you have another unit to temporarily try it? Take TT to a... | |
| "ENUNCIATE GD IT" George Carlin ALSO Said: "POST LINKS GD IT" George Carlin was a comedian, crankiness was part of his persona https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyBH5oNQOS0 Had a bit, he in an elevator with some foreigner mumbling their words in English. He says "ENUNCIATE GD it" I’m using that to say "POST... | |
| To complete a system Fully Integrated Amp, includes upgradable DAC, Includes Phono input for MM Moving Magnet Cartridge. Turntable for LP’s: See Below: Darn Good Starter TT Direct Drive perfect speed; built-in optional Phono Preamp (use any line level input); remov... | |
| McIntosh Preamp for McIntosh MC7270 Well, I see you have a non-defeatable phono stage built into your TT. It’s default cartridge was Ortofon 2M Red, which is MM moving magnet, with a strong 5mv output signal, then that goes into the built in MM phono stage which boosts that strong ... | |
| Sensitivity question Good question, my instincts are: only in a small space, i.e. 10 x 12.... like an office, den, ..., but not enough power/enough volume for a large space where the listening position is likely to be further away. Combining with a self-powered sub ... | |
| McIntosh to Luxman? jrod68 congrats, I bet you will love it. I just glanced thru the manual, love it's optional features https://luxmanamerica.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/L-507uX-English-Manual-print1127.pdf | |
| Somewhat obscure Mcintosh amps. What single channel are you intending? Just to clarify what I found: 120 wpc x 6 at 4 ohms; 80 wpc x 6 at 8 ohms "CONFIGURABLE POWER OUTPUT. Channels 1/2, 3/4, and 5/6 can be operated either in the normal mode (120W x 6) or with each channel pa... | |
| Amps on top? Yes, it’s nice to have the weight low in a rack, helps stabilize, and avoids a high fulcrum point when up top. Especially with flexible wood floors like mine. Perfectly level is your friend when weight is high. I have my heavy amp and my heavy R2... | |
| Any Thoughts? on second thought, none | |
| FYI: Let visitors use your Wi-Fi for additional security All hotels, inns, b&b, retirement communities do this (staff and guest), never occurred to me for home. Mistakes can be made by entirely trustworthy people, if you have frequent visitors, makes sense to me. Even 1 visitor can ...... Sounds l... | |
| Center Channel Dialogue missionvalleyguy " a 4.4.4 system, using the two front channels to create the phantom center channel image". do you have a link to 4.4.4 so I can understand how it gets dedicated center channel info to the sides, that is a nice solution, especia... | |
| Digital Dilemma Here in my office, I ’stream light’, primarily free YouTube and Pandora, nothing special or paid for: just Fios ethernet, pc intel motherboard with integral video/audio, usb 3.0 out to inexpensive DAC to my Little Luxman 10 wpc tube integrated and... | |
| Digital Dilemma This proves, streaming systems (modem, cables, pc card, dac, more cables, software whatever ...) add up to varying degrees of success. CD/SACD players, using their own internal DACs can be: Great, good, bad, ugly. OP is telling us: his model soun... | |
| Amps on top? My Tube Integrated is on top, high enough to receive remote beam to control volume, nothing above, have heat rise directly to the room, not too close to the side of anything else. And, it’s a beauty to see. When I had amps with no remote volume, ... | |
| Any Thoughts? yes |