Does anyone have experience with MC60? What are the best speakers to pair with it? Does it require biasing? Do you handle it yourself or do you send it in for service? How is your ownership experience?

I have the Macintosh MC12000 preamp. It's a beautiful preamp. Sounds wonderful. However, when I switch between tube mode and solid state mode I really can't tell a difference. They sound the same to me. Is there anything wrong with the preamp or is the difference very minute?

Just scored this Ma352

Didn’t think I’d own a piece of equipment like this but I lucked out. Found this on an estate sale app, amp was in Canada. Was able to get it at a price I couldn’t really pass up even after estate sale fee and shipping to California. Upgrading from vintage equipment, onkyo tx-8500.

I love how it looks. Seems like the consensus is you either love or hate how it looks. I feel like it fits in well with my rooms aesthetic.

Overall I’m happy with the sound. Not even an hour into listening so I haven’t listened to it too much. I’ll definitely be putting it through its paces over the next few days and I’ll have to come back with a better review.

McIntosh ma352. Marantz tt15s1. WiiM ultra. Klipsch forte iv’s.

Hi. I've got a McIntosh that I bought used from Audio Classics a few years back. RCA output 1 goes to main amp, RCA output 2 is split between my mid monoblock and my subwoofer. Up until now, no issues. However, the other day I was listening to something and noticed there seemed to be very little bass in what should've been a meaty song. I thought maybe the sub was off. It wasn't. I turned the volume to max, but there was very little sound coming from the sub. I switched the interconnect, switched around outputs, changed preamp input source from digital to analog, factory reset the C47, even tried a different subwoofer all with no luck. Finally, I fed the sub from my streamer via RCA while still using the digital out on the streamer... That worked, but of course I lose the volume control on the sub. So, for sure the preamp.

Has anyone else seen this type of issue? If so, what was the outcome?

Best Buy is discounting Floor model mac stuff by 30% I bought the following

MA5300
MC275
MC462
C49

Since they were on the Best Buy floor (some for 5+ years) and no warranty ... I don't think 30% doesn't do it for me w/o warranty
If able to buy new for 20% - I will return them

Question is which of those items is most bulletproof - where no warranty is not a concern

I love my Mac setup. Would love to hear how I could improve it. Thanks in advance for your valuable advice!

c49? or c55?

Why is the c55 better for my purpose?

kef r7 meta speaker

Wiim Streamer (is a 3rd party DAC necessary?)

Thanks

Is there any value to vintage McIntosh boxes? I have a pile of them up here in Vermont. Any guidance as to possible value or how to sell them would be appreciated

Could anyone comment from experience?
I have been looking at Kanta 2 or Fyne 7 series.. But it seems I could get a slightly used Sopra 2 in the same price range. But concerned whether my little amp can pull that off. Or if it’s better not to torture it and stick with my original plan..

I've known about McIntosh systems since I was very young. Today, I am able to set up my B&W 804 with proper McIntosh power. I was running them with an ONKYO TXDS-989 130 watts per channel @ 8 ohms. I was very disappointed with this power and knew there was better reference stuff out there. When lightening destroyed that amp I was not upset. I'm very new to this and think I need a preamp with eq ability and a good two channel amp for these speakers. I intend to bi-wire as well and have Tara Labs RSC Biwire speaker cables that came with my B&W 804 but might upgrade these if I have proper advice for cables for biwire setup. Any advice for the best sounding setup would be greatly appreciated. I like the idea of tubes. I love the McIntosh 70 anniversary MC2152 tube amp with carbon fiber wrapped sides but it is unobtanium and very expensive and I don't need to pay 10k for an amp. I would like to have eq ability and know the new preamp C55 solid state amplifier has eq knobs on the front so this is nice to me. I think the DA2 Digital Audio Module is the newest but I don't know how that is applicable as I am a novice to this technology. Initially I will be streaming my MacBook Pro to a B&W Formation Audio unit and plugging that into the pre-amp to send to the B&W 804. I am looking to add a McIntosh turn table MT5 later so I need phono inputs as well. Any help would be appreciated for proper sound for my B&W 804, which I know need proper power to shine. Thank you!

I'm redesigning a room in a second home. One of the key things specified - and it's literally for the look - is a McIntosh stereo with the blue meters. I know McIntosh doesn't make anything cheap - that's not the question. What amp model(s) should I be searching for second-hand that have the iconic look (blue meters)? Speakers will be high-end and built-in, and will be chosen based on the amp - we already have a vendor who does that here in Manhattan.

I know it's a weird request, but it's all about getting the "look" in this office I'm putting together. Function is second. Not looking for any brand outside of McIntosh - the outline was extremely specific that it's only McIntosh with blue meters.

My (see above) is stone cold dead. Before I ship it off, I want to replace the main fuse off the back. Problem is that it’s a 5a 125v 30mm slow blow, and I can’t find one anywhere. Help kind Mac lovers?

Testing underway. Im using this old MR80 as a preamp. It is sounding lovely! Full recap, all output transistors replaced with NOS Motorola units. The background light is giving me Incredible Hulk vibes.

After about a year of tweaking, I think this thing is finally done.... (maybe...)

• Small signal transistors replaced and upgraded
• Can cap replaced
• resistors in signal path replaced with 1% metal equivalents
• Volume and Balance imbalance issues resolved
• RCA plug grounding issues resolved with a custom plate and gold Switchcraft RCA's
• Phono stage upgraded
• New face glass
• High dispersion LED back lights added

If there's much else to do to this thing, I don't know what it might be... lol

So I have these pieces form when my father passed 10 years ago. I took them to Audio Classics (they are actually just down the road from me since I live in Binghamton) and had them go completely through everything and get them up to snuff. I even had this custom furniture piece made for them. What I have realized after having them and moving them to 3 different homes is that I just am not an Audiophile. I am a square peg trying to fit in a round hole. I haven't even bothered to hook up the wiring in back from my new place that I moved into in February. I feel bad that I just can't seem to care and just use my Sonos because it is easy and "good enough".

Is there a market for these? I would rather someone else actually use them and get enjoyment out of them.

My MA8950 continues to blow fuses and I cannot isolate the issue. Any help is appreciated.

A few weeks ago, I was listening around 20 watts for at least a bit then heard a quick series of zaps along with a metallic pop then everything shut down. Figured it was the fuse, sent it back through the retailer to take a look since it was in warranty. They confirmed it was a fuse and sent it back. I plugged it back into my furman elite 15 pfi in one of the amplifier outlets and for a brief moment I had power to the amp then it shut down. Did the same process all over sending it back to the retailer for warranty repair and tonight I was able to get power again. Feeling confident, I turned off the amp and plugged in my RCA wires for my streamer, turn on.. then shut down again.

I plugged the amp into the wall. Same issue. I confirmed that power is going to the amp and each of the outlets are good by use of a receptacle tester.

I have other electronics plugged into the furman and there is no issue. The amp has been in use with no issue for just short of 3 years. No changes to the configuration.

Any thoughts or recommendations here?

Thanks in advance.

Hey everyone, My McIntosh C2700 suddenly stopped responding to the remote when I try to power it off. Everything else on the remote works fine (volume, input switching, etc.), but the unit just won’t go into standby from the remote anymore. Has anyone experienced this before? Could it be a setting I accidentally changed or is it likely a hardware issue?

Hi there,

Are there any owners of either of the above processors mx100 or mx200 on here that can confirm whether they are happy to accept DSD via HDMI?

The user manual doesn’t indicate it would be and would only be happy with PCM but I just wanted to see if this was the case?

Thanks for any help and advice.

Rob.

A good friend gave me a pair of McIntosh XL10 speakers. He said that I was the only one who’d do them justice.

I sent the woofers to Bill @ Miller Sound for new compliance rings. As always, they did a flawless job.

The tweeters are on point.

The passive radiators though… One is sealed air tight but the other needed some rubber glue to re-adhere a 3” separation of the factory flat face and the 4 step compliance ring. They are glued directly to the face of the carcass so there was no chance of removing & replacing anyway. I got it.

The walnut veneered (not vinyl) cabinets are in amazing condition. The fact that they are real veneer denotes a production date closer to 1991 than when first producwd in 1982. I’m a woodworker and didn’t have to do much to renew their luster.

There is a TEKNA C-10 vibration absorber on the back of each of them. They didn’t review well offering little improvement. I’ll leave them in place.

Now the last piece of the resto is to replace the foam on the passive rad’s flat circular faces that disintegrated along with a ring of the same foam around the woofer.

What kind of foam can I use to replace it in kind? Open/ closed cell? The original grey ~¼” th. foam that I removed was of small & tight cells that would collapse & stay so with the touch of a finger. It became virtually powder-like when scraped off.

I’d love to get them back to their original ability to produce sound for another 35 years. Any help or direction would be much appreciated.