Your main system - Tubes, Solid State or both?

[tratliff]

C50 with a pair of MC601's.

 

[Fairlane]

MX110Z pre and a 2125 amplifier.
They sound great together driving a pair of Monitor Audio MA 3 Series II speakers or the 4312A's

 

[tuffstuff1]

C-28 and twin MC-40's. I would like to try a tube pre but I think it sounds great as is.

 

[byoungman1]

Really been digging my C504 SS pre -> MC240 tube amp

 

[bonneville20]

MC225 and MX110Z running ADS 910 speakers. I will be biamping with a 2100 eventually so all tube for now and a hybrid eventually. I used to run the 2100 with the MX110 but found the Mc225 and subbed it in. Both setups sound great. I am really looking forward to hearing the biamp when the 2100 is refurbished. Cheeers!

What kind of volume do you get with the 910s and MC225? Curious. Thanks, Tom

 

[Flatwounds]

What kind of volume do you get with the 910s and MC225? Curious. Thanks, Tom

The volume is adequate for the room but not rock levels. I have since beamed the 910. 2100 bottom and 225 mid/high

 

[Searing75]

As of right now, I am all solid state. C32 feeding an MC2105. If I had the money, I would purchase a tube preamp, and run that into the 2105. I am not convinced it would sound better than the C32 however? My guitar rig is tube pre into a solid state power amp, a la Jerry Garcia style. This set up benefits guitar more so than a home stereo IMHO. But, I truly have not tried tubes in my stereo system, so I cannot make that claim with certainty.

 

[welcomdmat]

C712 with MC2100

I tried to buy the 60th anniv MC75 with C22, but my card bounced.

 

[evoroadster]

I don't exactly fit with the choices given. I have a C41 pre pushing either a MC-2125 or a custom Dynamull-ST70 type tube amp. I have been switching back and forth between amps on a monthly basis. I have 2 other systems set up; study is an integrated with tuner and bedroom is a receiver.

 

[DolphnSmooth]

I have a MA 6200 that I'm waiting to have restored before I'll be able to listen to it. I'm quite excited as I've never heard anything from McIntosh before. Speakers will either be Polk Monitor 7 or Genesis Physics Model 3.

 

[jg47]

All tube. A C22 mk.3 and MC275 mk.6 driving Spatial Audio M3 Triode Master speakers.

 

[gmfgmfgmf1]

Which main system?

Of course I have analog and digital inputs to all my tube pre/main combos

 

[gene9p]

mac c220 tube pre with mac MC-152 SS amp

 

[RUMBLER5467]

I was pretty hardcore tube only until I got the mc2300, paired with the C11 it's extremely good.

I'd say other than getting a MC275 one day, I run my C11 into a MC2105.....=dreamy

 

[gmc]

All solid state, currently; C200 preamp with a pair of MC2300s. I still have a C33, in case I want tone controls, and a Juicy Music Blueberry, if I feel the need for tubes. So far, I have not.

 

[grillebilly]

I had a tube MC 275 VI but traded up for a MC452. It was the single biggest improvement of any one change in my system ever.
Pre is a C47 so I'm all solid state now.

 

[damacman]

All solid state, currently; C200 preamp with a pair of MC2300s. I still have a C33, in case I want tone controls, and a Juicy Music Blueberry, if I feel the need for tubes. So far, I have not.

You could always put the C33 in the Listen processor loop of the C200 to add its EQ ... should you need it.

 

[smartin53]

Both right now using an MX120 with my MC275. I've had various mixes over the years though

 

[62caddy]

Main system - all SS.

Secondary system: Either MX110 (tube) or MX113 (SS) followed by either MC2505 (SS) or MC240 (tube). Excellent results from any combination of electronics - with the caveat that tuner section of the MX113 is a bit better that of the MX110, particularly on weak stations.

 

[chuckworkb]

Both