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| Class A preamp or Class A amp Transistors need enough bias current to 'Wake them up' into their linear operating range. Higher bias levels will generate more heat and use more electricity. Since heat is the enemy of long life a cooler design may be wise. Ron-C | |
| Beating a dead horse - Pre with Pass-Thru Vectorman,The McIntosh C2200 has the features you outlined.Thanks,Ron-C | |
| Poping noise starting up Mcintosh MA 6900 Ibog,What speakers are you using? The amp can not pass DC as outlined above because of the output transformer. I would turn the volume down and see if you still hear the pop. This may be system related and coming from a source component connected ... | |
| Your opinion of McIntosh MC 240 tubed amp I must second the correction above. A properly operating MC240 is flat out to about 40 khz at 40 watts and 3 dB down at 100khz with one watt out. When a MC240 has a recapped audio, feedback section and power supply it will sound quite modern. If y... | |
| Buying LPs - where do you shop Goodwill store. I limit myself to 10 disks per week. The quality and selection blows me away at .98 each! Ron-C | |
| Shure V15V cartridge. Worth investing in? You may want to contact the Shure service department about a repair on your broken needle. The V series is $50.00 for a new stylus from the service department. Shure is a great company that takes care of its customers!Ron-C | |
| What happened with the BASS? MC352/C42/B&WN803 Rodney,Many reviews have published the impedance curve of the N803 and they show 4 ohms or less until the high frequencies are reached. By using different taps you can change the balance by plus or minus 3 db. This is popular when your speakers ar... | |
| What happened with the BASS? MC352/C42/B&WN803 You should be on the 4 ohm taps on the MC352 since the 803s are 4 ohms. You might also want take the bi wire straps off the back of the speakers and connect the mid highs to the 2 ohm taps and the woofers to the 4 ohm taps. Just use some simple ca... | |
| Why my system has detail but no body & warm vocal? Sounds like your room to me. The first thing to do is get a bunch of blankets and towels and cover any hard reflective surface in the room especially the front half by the speakers. If you sit close to a back wall this should also be covered. Now ... | |
| How Many??? Bob,At the high end Bob is correct, a hundred or less to more than 1000. A certain very well known large company from Japan purportedly sold just over two thousand of their flagship new two channel format disk player worldwide. This is a luxury ho... | |
| MM Cartridge Comparison I would also suggest the M97xE Shure. I have both this and a Type V and they are each excellent. The stabilizer brush will work on the Yamaha stock arm and help track warped records.I use SL1200 and SP15 Technics tables with the SME 3012R arm with... | |
| Why do McIntosh SS amps cut out? Meisterkleef,You are correct in this sounds like a relay problem. If the amps are being overdriven or have poor ventilation they may thermally shut down. The MC2505 does not have power guard as it was not invented until the MC2205 by Ron Evans, th... | |
| Riddle me this... Trelja,We are committed to continuing new tube designs as the market for these products is strong. Our current amp is a slightly larger version of the MC275 using twice the output tube compliment, 8- KT88s. This amp, the MC2102 is designed by the ... | |
| Riddle me this... Brian Miller asked me to comment on this thread from the McIntosh perspective. We have made smaller 100 or 120 watt amps in the past. These were good amps but were slow sellers and have been discontinued. In the case of McIntosh the consumer likes... |