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Best Kept Secret in Audio??

I heard a piece of equipment the other day that has me wondering - did I hear what I think I heard?

I did not have hours and hours, but I listened to a system I had heard before, and there was a new pre-amp in it - a McIntosh C200. I had not heard of this in "audiophile circles" as a world class unit.

But what I heard that nite has me wondering if it should be? And if it is, it may be one of the best bargains to boot selling in the $6K range I think including a phono stage.

Does anyone have any experience with this unit, and does it compete with the "usual suspects" when one thinks of top-notch pre-amps?

Thanks!!
ez2hear
david99
1,467 posts
 
my late 60's-70's vintage transitor radio with a single ear 'headphone' How many of you slept with yours under your pillow?
tsouthworth
59 posts
 
David99,

I used to fall asleep listening to Clyde Clifford on Bleeker Street from KAAY in Little Rock transmitting all the way up to Iowa. (I hope I remembered all that correctly, it's been 35-36 years ago.) Forgot about that until you said something....
baldeagle
21 posts
 
yes it is i have have a C100 which the same product with a different display. i have tested the C100 vs some of the best such as levinson 380s and 32, krell kct, rowland synergy and coherence, threshold t1, arc sp11 and sp14, batvk50,and the classe omaga. the C100 out did all of these and i can't understand why mcintosh has nerer have this or the C200 reviewed . as for the phone stage it built in ans is far better than any other phonestage mcintosh has ever done . it might be up in the same class as the lamm ref. but it is very good and the mcintosh C200cost only 6500 and the lamm phone alone is 8000 .so in total the C100 and C200 maybe the best preamps around.
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