scorpio1951
Responses from scorpio1951
| which is better? Stereo Amp or Monoblocks? I have had both. Stringsteen has it right | |
| Inherited 21 piece of vintage McIntosh and need help building a system Lucky, lucky guy. I have twelve McIntosh pieces, some vintage, some modern, some tube, some solid state. They are in use in three different systems. Before you start selling components based on suggestions from this site, you may want to carefu... | |
| Vintage Mcintosh tuner Cleeds, I did not say that I did not like the MR-80, only that I did not strongly recommend it. | |
| Vintage Mcintosh tuner I have five Mac tuners...the MR-71, 74, 77, 78, and 80. I strongly recommend all but the MR-80. I can't recommend the MR-75 I have heard it and does not compare with other Mac tuners | |
| Tuners that do it? There are countless opinions on this topic. I have always liked listening to FM. I bought my first McIntosh tuner, an MR-74 in 1980, and was positively stunned by the great sound quality. I still have it, and had it modified last year by Richar... | |
| Best Long-Distance receiving Tuners Years ago, I put a Winegard TV antenna that also receives FM in my attic. Then I connected it to various McIntosh tuners that I own. I also live in the Los Angeles area, about 100 miles from Los Angeles. The best Mac tuner for long-distance (at... | |
| mcintosh home theater pre-amp tuners. mcgal, I am using the MX-132 for home theater, and only occasionally use it for two channel listening. I also own a C2300, and it is superior for two channel listening. | |
| mcintosh home theater pre-amp tuners. You did fine. I have bought from Audio Classics, always with good results. | |
| mcintosh home theater pre-amp tuners. I recently bought a mint MX-132 on ebay for $1,200. The seller had just had it factory reconditioned with all new software. It looks and sounds great. | |
| Do Mono Block amps provide better sound ?? Good question. I have a pair of Martin Logan Summit X's. I tried a McIntosh MC2255 on them, followed by a Mark Levinson 532h, and then a pair of Sanders Monoblock Magtech amps. I liked the Magtech monoblocks the best. Reading the Sanders site and ... | |
| Has anyone considered rebuying a speaker you once owned?? ctsooner, I used his ribbons, but the rebuilt was by TrueSoundWorks in Minden, Nevada. Well worth the money! | |
| Fm tuner I like FM tuners. I have a collection of McIntosh tuners--the MR71, a Modaferri modified MR-74, an MR-77, an MR-78, an an MR-80. I retubed the MR-71 myself last year with NOS Telefunken tubes, and it sounds great. Also great are the MR74, 77, a... | |
| Has anyone considered rebuying a speaker you once owned?? I have a pair of Apogee Duetta II's, bought new in 1987. I had them rebuilt in 2008. They sound great | |
| MA6200 vs MA6450 I owned the MA6200 for many years, without any problems. But as I expanded my system, I needed an amp with more power and changed to separate McIntosh preamps and power amps. As to the MA6450, I have no opinion, as I have never it. | |
| Stay away from the nad Contacting NAD about your unit is a good idea. There's always going to be some premature failure rate in almost any product. You just got a bad one, that's all. I wouldn't condemn the entire company over one bad unit. |