stereo5
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| Receiver McIntosh Mac 7200 receiver. 200wpc. Quiet preamp and excellent tuner. | |
| Ayre CX-5 / CX-7 There is a Yamaha SACD player advertised here for $1200.00. You may want to take a look. That Ayre transport is pretty long in the tooth. I am not a fan of Ayre. | |
| what cable should I buy for my system? What cable are you looking to replace, speaker, interconnects or power? | |
| Do any McIntosh preamps have non digital filter for bass and treble? If you want analog bass and treble, look for something by McIntosh built in the 70’s or 80’s. What is your problem with the digital bass and treble? It is much cleaner sounding and the controls are made for small tweaks in the sound. | |
| Quick question for the Cables Don't Make a Difference Crowd. Why not try it and then tell the naysayers the results? | |
| What is your "holy grail song" that you cannot find? Humble Pie, “Rocking The Fillmore” has the live version of Stone Cold Fever | |
| Would McIntosh Auto Transformers affect speaker sound? I see lots of armchair amp engineers have chimed in. I would love to know about all of your credentials. To think that all of you know more than McIntosh about building amplifiers and using transformers for speaker output. If I were you, I would a... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Nick Mason, Live At The Roundhouse Emerson, Lake & Palmer, ELP | |
| Would McIntosh Auto Transformers affect speaker sound? @johnto, unfortunately, they really won’t work well with Maggie’s. The thing is, Without the auto transformers the Mac magic is gone and it’s just another solid state amp. | |
| Would McIntosh Auto Transformers affect speaker sound? I don’t care what the so called “ audio doctor” audiotroy says about McIntosh. It is a great, well built, great sounding piece of American Engineering that has a higher resale value than most other brands. It’s good enough for me and that is all... | |
| Still looking for a new Moving Coil Cartridge @mijostyn, Before you post an ad, send me a pm, I am VERY interested. | |
| Still looking for a new Moving Coil Cartridge @westcoastaudiophile Thanks for your help. In addition to the VM540, I also acquired a Shure V15-IV with the top line Jico stylus for it. I am using it most times and it sounds amazing!!! | |
| Analysis Plus Oval 9 My Von Schweikert VR33 speakers were wired with Analysis+ speaker wire. Unfortunately. I did not care for the speakers at all due to lack of bass. I don’t know how much the cables contributed to the sound, but they were one of the worst sounding... | |
| Teac Esoteric VRDS Neo - length of rubber belts Sorry about the guy thing. I would call Esoteric and ask for the specific belts for your unit. | |
| JBL's Marketing Blunder.. @secretguy you asked who buys JBL, I do. I bought the JBL L100 Classic speakers back in December 2020 and I couldn’t be more thrilled with them. They are in a secondary system powered by McIntosh electronics and I truly love the sound. |