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| tubes or no tubes Personally, I have McIntosh tube gear. I don't have any of the above mentioned problems other tube guys talk about. My MC225 was built in 1966 and still has ALL the original tubes. Sounds excellant. I have a MC240 from 1968 that has EH output tube... | |
| What's Best Care for Piano Black Finish Speakers? And, keep the humidity in the house at 40%, lest the wood crack.....which usually is not covered in the warranty. | |
| Stereophile review- Fisher 500 C The McIntosh MAC1500 is a better receiver, having heard them both in a double blind test. It goes lower and higher! If you've never heard FM radio on a good tube receiver, do it NOW!! My McIntosh MR71 has such a great sound compared to solid state... | |
| Parasound haloJC 1 VS McIntosh M-501's Go with the Mac. It has autoformers and will have better resale value if you ever sell. Note how many folks take gas on audio components!!! Why join them? | |
| Speaker advice for Mac MC2505 I had a 2505. Any speaker I ran with it was fine. Just pick the power tap closest to the ohms required. If in dought, always err to the low side. A 2505 will have NO problem with 4 ohm speakers. I even used it with some that dipped to 2 ohms in th... | |
| Paradigm Signature S-2, S-4:Good, bad, indifferent I have heard the S-4 and they are excellant. I also heard that S-8 and they were absolutely stunning. Compared to the Studio series, they are such a huge step up that the price difference does not matter. (unless you ain't got the coin!) Seriously... | |
| Paradigm Studio 100 speakers and 35 watt tube amp? My McIntosh MC240 works fine with Studio 100 v2 speakers.Even a dinky MC225 can handle them if you don't need a lot of volume. | |
| Vandersteen Quattro The local Detroit Vandersteen dealer believes it will be mid summer when the Quatros will start being shipped. | |
| amp for infiinity kappa 9 After reading a lot of the responses to your question, you might be better off just selling them. Sounds like they are more trouble than they are worth. Of course, that's just my opinion, since you have to live with the choice.In any event, good l... |