What on your rack is a Mac?

[tabiggs]

1st post Mcintosh Building rack

1st post , I will try to get some new updated pictures since I have added some new pieces.

 

[kach22i]

Wow Tabiggs, that is certainly a dedication to McIntosh and in an actual rack no less.

Is that some sort of A/V nook?

If that were my collection I'd have it on full display in the middle of my room, but color me impressed.

 

[Jimmy P]

I have a couple of mc452's, a Mc501, and a pair of XRT1K's

 

[joeinid]

Welcome to the forum Jimmy!

 

[flez007]

This is a stock photo of the MA6100 I gave to my mother, she uses it on a daily basis.

 

[prerich]

I have two pieces of McIntosh gear MC8207 and MC7205 power amps. These are keepers for me!

 

[Audiohertz2]

Well, I tried to be a McIntosh owner. I bought a C2300 preamp in hopes that it would replace my Counterpoint SA-2 and SA-5.1 combo with a single box solution that had far more gadgets and gizmos than the Counterpoint pair. The C2300 is a good looking piece that will take MC cartridges straight in and allow you to change loading on the fly from the remote. For a preamp with six 12AX7 tubes, the C2300 sounds very much like SS. The sound of my LPs took a nose dive. The only way I could make the phono stage sound half way decent was to use my SA-2 into the MM side of the C2300. I had other C2300 owners tell me that I must use Telefunken 12AX7 tubes and then I would be happy. I wasn't buying that so it went back to Classic Audio. I dealt with Gordon Gow's son, and he told me that he wasn't surprised that I liked my SA-5.1 better. He gave props to the SA-5.1 and said it would take a far more expensive preamp than the C2300 to beat it. He said I would have to go to one of McIntosh's true balanced preamps to beat it. Live and learn.

Mark

An SUT on the phono side for your MC cart would be a big improvement , aside not a fan of any mac pre after the C22 ...!

 

[A-Line]

Current McIntosh components:
MC2102 tube amp
MA6500 integrated amp
MCD500 CD/SACD player
MR75, MR78, MR7083 stereo tuners

 

[A-Line]

Here's my 2 current and end game setups for analog & digital playback. My McIntosh MR74 tuner is missing from the photos because it needed a alignment. I should have it back in a couple of weeks.

Happy listening!

Analog Playback: Linn Sondek LP12 SE (Ekos SE tonearm, Keel sub-chasis, Radikal D power supply, Karousel bearing), EAR Yoshino 324 solid state phono stage, Lyra Kleos MC pickup, ReVox B77 MKII tape deck, McIntosh MA6500 solid state integrated amplifier, ReVox B780 solid state receiver, Stax headphones with solid state energizer, Klipsch Heresy lll speakers.

Tuners In Constant Rotation Between My 2 Setups: McIntosh MR74/MR75/MR77/MR78/MR7083

Digital Playback: McIntosh MCD12000 hybrid tube reference CD/SACD player, McIntosh MB25 solid state Bluetooth Transceiver, Conrad Johnson Classic tube preamp, McIntosh MC2102 tube amplifier, Stax headphones with tube energizer, Spendor S8e speakers.

Interconnects: RM Crimson Music Link UK with Eichmann Bullet plugs, McIntosh Digital Audio RCA Coax Cable for iPod & McIntosh MB25 Bluetooth Transceiver

Speaker Cables: RM Crimson Music Link UK with banana plugs

Power Cords: Volex

Source Stands: Quadraspire UK