Questions about the McIntosh C2300


A few question about this pre-amp. How new is it? When was it introduced? What feature does the phono stage have? Can you change gain etc on the fly while listening? How does it compare to others at this price level? I have Aesthetix Calypso/Rhea (original). Does the McIntosh improve with tube rolling?? If so....any suggestions?

Thanks all

Rick (RWD)
rwd

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- It has been out for 18 mnths one would guess.
- Has two phono stages - MM and MC. MM has capacitance and MC has loading on the fly from the remote - very neat. No gain adjustment except via the line inputs where you can adjust + or - 6db from memory.
- IMO it will sound more organic and definately quieter than your Rhea. Does not have 3 inputs thou.
- line stage is quite neutral and bass is tight rather than weighty, not your typical tube sound and has bass and treble adjustment on the fly per input.
- sounds quite a bit better with telkefunken NOS, however the stk tubes are quite good.
- takes a good 200 hours to loosen up and sound at its best.

have you heard it??