Inherited 21 piece of vintage McIntosh and need help building a system


Hello.  I was fortunate enough to inherit a huge collection of mac stuff from my uncle, but although an audiophile, I'm out of my element with vintage stuff.  Here is a list of what I have to work with:

C28 preamp

two C20, stereo tube preamp

two C8's mono tube preamp

MC2002, Solid state amp

MC2200, Solid state amp

MR67, FM Stereo Tube Tuner

MR 71, FM Stereo Tube Tuner

MR74, tuner

MX 112, tuner preamp

1700 tuner

1900 tuner

MA5100, integrated amp

two MC 60's, tube amp

MC 240, 40WPC amp

MC 250, 50WPC amp

Sansui 500A

Dynaco SCA-35

HK A220

 

Linn axis turn table

Technics SL-1950 turntable

Mac XL10 speakers

Utah A70-A speakers


Any suggestions on what the best pairing would be out of these?  I can't use all of it so some will be posted once I get a system built.

Thanks for the help,

Brent



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Showing 1 response by effischer

Second Audio Classics as a reference source and the advice on the speakers.  Look those over very carefully before giving them a try, and then only at a very modest level to see if they still have any life left.

That said, the first basic rig I'd put together would be the C20, 2 x MC60 and MR71.  For speakers, a set of pre 1975 Klipsch or Altec Lansing would do nicely IMO.  I don't personally care for either of the turntables.  The only suggestions I would offer there would be belt drive with a Grace F8, F9 or comparable Ortofon MM cartridge.  A Grace arm would be a perfect compliment, table permitting.

Your uncle had a great sense of value and thought very highly of you indeed.  My condolences on his passing and congratulations on his elegant bequest.