Wine glaring weakness ,knowing electronics very well. Everything in a standard volume attenuator goes through it .. if you have a $25 alps pot it is just a
carbon coated piece of plastic ,no getting around that . Any good preamp section
is either a discreet electronic type with relays, or a shunt type resistive ladder type like Khozmo ,or gold point . David B is a good designer
to not address’s this and at $4500 not good.
for $4500 the excellent Luxman 505 mk-2 is noticeably better then the
$5500 McIntosh and well thought out throughout for something similar in its price class.
carbon coated piece of plastic ,no getting around that . Any good preamp section
is either a discreet electronic type with relays, or a shunt type resistive ladder type like Khozmo ,or gold point . David B is a good designer
to not address’s this and at $4500 not good.
for $4500 the excellent Luxman 505 mk-2 is noticeably better then the
$5500 McIntosh and well thought out throughout for something similar in its price class.