Also one of my other favorite pursuits, BBQ. I have a custom pit from Pitmaker. My wife calls it, excuse my language, “the dick magnet,” because anytime I have it out, guys come out of the woodwork to speak with me about it. Ran pellets for a couple years, then moved back to a stickburner.
Per my 2-channel, yes. Like many young generations, they became mesmerized the first time they saw a McIntosh piece. I think part of it may have been that the parent who owned the piece always made it very clear, do not touch, do not look, don’t even think about it...
I had a full McIntosh setup and had been holding onto my Mc preamp, after having sold the MC452 to get the monos. A good friend of mine works at TMR Audio and he got in an XP20, I had mentioned to him that I really wanted to move towards Pass Labs. So, I sold the Mc pre and bought the XP20.
I recently moved and no longer have a large, dedicated Home Theater space, which was doubling as my 2-channel room, too. I was running a set of Dynaudio C4 Signatures, which are huge and take a big room for them to breath properly. I sold them, along with the BHK mono’s to get a smaller setup. Picked up a set of Harbeth HL5 pluses, and the set of 60.5’s. Smaller rig, but sounds absolutely magical.
What speakers are you leaning towards? I see Wilson and Yvette, of which neither I’ve heard.