My friends 250/6 watt tube amp with pure colbalt out trans $3300, = same bass slam as this Mac on most speakers This might be part of your answer to this mystery, of **Mac Bashing** https://www.audioadvice.com/shop-by-brand/mcintosh/mcintosh-ma7200-200-watt-receiver |
who REALLY needs 200 pure true bonifide 200 watts per cahnnel?? My WBers really work best with 1 watters. Defy @ saolid 100 watts, using linestange at say 9 oclock = 85 watts NOT needed. My friends 6 watt 250 tube, at 10 oclock its 85SPL = 4 watts NOT needed. 200??? For what? magneplanar 3 pannel speakers?? Guess so. |
Why dont people,like mcintosh? Who motivates this? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Same deal with Jadis around here, Don’t feel Mac is the only lab gets bad rap. Seriously I heard Dyano ST70 modded Allen Oran KT120 amps EL34 designed by a loacal master 250 tube designed by same master(pure Colbalt out trans @ 1 G each!!), Honestly, seriously straing shooting, they all sound prerrty close to the Defy KT88 Thats 5 amsp, ina blaind shootout you’d be lucky to guess which is on the speakers. Throw in the Mac, again, lucky guess. The only thing that really matters is how’s the quality build, meaning repair factor. Jadis built to last forever with no repairs. Thats why i like Jadis, All tube amps sound pretty much same. I wouldn’t go Mac as they are over priced and too heavy. Based on what i know about these amps today,,I would not have bought the Defy @ $4K nor modded at $2k I'd buya Cayin EL34 , or my friends EL34, or a Allen Organ mono blocks. Of the budget chinese 845 I will purcahse in December. can't wait.... .= will sound very close to the Defy,,, just buying to watch the 845 light up at night in a dark room,, sooo, cool of course while on the speakers... |
70 years in business, Mac must be doing something right.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Heed closely the words of the poet If you think today is the same as yesterday,, you are only fooling yourself https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90WD_ats6eE |
Ever since owning a MC275, I have never listened to so much music. Thats what it's all about to me.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This is exactly my same reaction when hearing a Full Range , duos W8+W4 (DIYer says use the term Full Range, not Wide Bander) So you have a magical amplifier now add a magical speaker. Double magic. |
