Of courseNow I feel like I'm in good company
and then when you have too much, you start to thinking, maybe if I had a little more........I hotrod everything, like to much is just enough
You can't change the operating voltage on the new McIntosh products, in fact not since 2012.....they make region specific transformers now, so in order to have a 240V conversion done would involve a whole new transformer.
Its suppose to force people like me who buy stuff from the USA, to buy from the local dealer...
I went through this with the MEN220 and C48 I bought out of the USA, eventually I found this out I think, from the guys at AC...
Very nice amps and those giant meters, well, to me they look just amazing!!
Its a great time in ones journey of music and gear...I remember when I got my 452.......
Considering McIntosh wind their own transformers, it wouldn't be that difficult to make them that way.Really !! Crown told me the same thing in 1997, but it wasn`t so..
The voltage taps were there waiting for me to follow the manual reprograming for the right tap changes, though I had to convince Crown via a recorded Telco. call backed up with assurance from the dealer`s that I was not exporting the mains converted amps, and the same with Mac, but. knew what I was doing.
The cost of stocking voltage specific mains transformers are way more expensive than tapping the winds while winding rather than stocking multiple country specific transformers.. They talk the talk to protect their export divisions !!
Pop the bottom covers and get back to me on what you see !!
I would love to see pictures of a two wire power amp transformer primary in a Mac. !!
Don't caps and other components need time to mature and settle in?
Considering McIntosh wind their own transformers, it wouldn't be that difficult to make them that way.
I have done voltage conversions on many McIntosh products, but when I looked in the C48 when I got it, there were 2 primary wires....
Maybe they crop them right back to the windings?
Actually pYou can't change the operating voltage on the new McIntosh products, in fact not since 2012.....they make region specific transformers now, so in order to have a 240V conversion done would involve a whole new transformer.
Its suppose to force people like me who buy stuff from the USA, to buy from the local dealer...
I went through this with the MEN220 and C48 I bought out of the USA, eventually I found this out I think, from the guys at AC...
Very nice amps and those giant meters, well, to me they look just amazing!!
Its a great time in ones journey of music and gear...I remember when I got my 452.......
And the truth comes out. Go figure.People were converting the voltage and selling them to countries over the pond illegally and making big money.McIntosh is making it A little harder to do that now.
So, is the MC303 a doorstop now or will it be powering Center and Surround channels for multi-ch playback? Inquiring minds want to know.I swapped in the Revel Studio2. Great speakers made better by a powerful amp with ease and control, big in the room soundstage, quiet, 3D and air, depth and clarity. Outstanding late night and low level listening.
The MC1.25KWs seem to be voiced in a new direction. Not “typical” McIntosh sound, but a more modern, cleaner and more resolving presentation.
So, is the MC303 a doorstop now or will it be powering Center and Surround channels for multi-ch playback? Inquiring minds want to know.
Considering McIntosh wind their own transformers,.....
Oh, actually that may well be correct......might not be economical for them? Considering the amount of different power transformers they would have to wind, could be too much for their modest size operation.I thought I read somewhere that Mac only winds audio transformers themselves. Power transformers are made on the outside.
I can picture the gentleman in the old Maxell tape ad illustration, with his hair blowing back while sitting in an arm chair.The amp fairy arrived today. What a way to start a wonderful new year. Thank you McIntosh for building great products.
A special shout out to jimimac for his support and careful attention to his job. Without gentleman like him, McIntosh would not survive.
Thank you. I’m loving these babies .
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I can picture the gentleman in the old Maxell tape ad illustration, with his hair blowing back while sitting in an arm chair.
....Except, this is for REAL!
Congrats!
Joe,
Keep the listening impressions coming; fantastic; helping allot.
I am seriously considering the 1.25kw to use with my Wilson X-1.
Originally was to go with 1.2kw, but now sounds like more bass control with the 1.25's and added detail.
The original brightness has subsided now, after some breakin ?
Thanks,
Bill