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Amybody else using the DBX Driverack PA-2 to Triamp their Mcintosh line arrays ? Coming in at a poultry $459 the features on this unit makes it a beast for 2 channel ,its 3 way crossover allows you to bypass factory slopes & set your own slope for bass mids & highs ,it also has independent gain...

UPS strikes again,i lost my mind & bought Mc-2KW amps because they were there & it put me in a generous mood to share more gear,i gave my brother his pick of all my spill over Mac gear & he chose an Mc-300 amp which i immediately pack in brand new boxes & ship insured for $3k when i coulda...

I remember i haven't taken the situational awareness refresher course i normally attend in july every year,im now scheduled for the 3rd week in November,are there any other members who carry a sidearm . if so what do you carry & why did you chose the sidearm you carry. Ive always carried large...

Im currently building our 3rd system in our homes great room & forgot i left the sysyems EQ in Direct mode with the room live mic'ed,last week we had been listening all day long & my wife noticed the difference in response when our 2 american bulldogs got up & followed me to the kitchen,once she...

Ive had a Dynaco CDV-1 tube cd player since the 90s thats mint but i just got a 2nd one that needs work,ive got all the electronic malfunctions corrected,ive replaced the missing or broken buttons with OEM parts & its ready to play except ive always wanted the red LEDs on the Dynaco cd player to...

I've been busy repairing & upgrading much of the gear I stockpiled over the winter & just finished up this beauty ,I figured it'd be a good game to " guess the model number " of this much loved McIntosh piece ,here's some McIntosh porn ,the layout is nothing short of modern art . Here's a...

I've had an insane week over a MX 119 & MX 132 ,I have a complete McIntosh 5 channel SACD/Music only rig that's been set up over 15 years,with remodeling the 2 channel room I figured it's time to make the 5 channel system into a 2nd Theater room now that our sons family has moved back home for a...

I'm rebuilding 3 bikes now ,I have 2 In a brothers shop & my vintage scooters I'm redoing myself ,anyhow here's the new saddle for my 117 Fatboy Lo ,the amount of work put into these saddles makes them extremely expensive but with no 2 seats having exact designs your bike will be 1 of a kind...

Ive replaced broken glass faceplates on a half dozen or better McIntosh amps over the years & know the tricks for amps ,however ,my MCD-550 needs a face plate transplant & it's my 1st time doing a CD player ,anybody know what I should pay extra attention to ,or know the best way to replace a...

When Dweezil Zappa released the concert video Zappa Plays Zappa showing performances from the bands 1st tour I became smitten with concert DVDs ,I find it's became my preferred format,since starting streaming I've became a massive fan of watching concert vids while listening on the hifi,what...

Anybody else enjoy listening / watching unknown musicians on YouTube do covers of the greatest songs ever recorded ? If so post your favorite covers by any artist ,famous or unknown it's all great ,I've found some fantastic musicians playing impossible s#!t ,this is one of my favorite covers of...

Anybody ever have a piece of non McIntosh gear with 12 volt trigger/auto on/off function not work together ? I bought some beautiful Jeff Rowland 201 Monoblocks with 12 volt auto on off function and they won't work with the McIntosh C-2600 tube preamp I'm trying to match the amps up to ,sound is...

Why AK dosent have an accoustic forum I can't fathom ,some seriously kick ass ideas like clouds I and others have built & the way we've addressed our room accoustics could be very helpful ,Anyhow here's a super excellent lecture on room accoustics and isolation ,two issues that play heavy in the...

I have quite a bit of rare McIntosh gear and even 2 pieces of experimental gear McIntosh never put into production but I've never seen this gem in 40 years of HiFi ,anybody here seen this piece of gear before ? I suspect it was a bolt on device for the 350 watt MI series tube monoblocks but...

Drummer world has voted percussionist icon Vinnie Coluita as best drummer in the world 15 years straight ,we constantly hear people talking about hearing their music " the way the musician intended " ,well in this interview Vinnie is asked if he still records in analog and to explain the...

As some know I've proudly owned McIntosh legendary speaker designer Roger Russell's personal hand built Mcintosh XR-290 triple column line arrays for the last 15 years or so , complete with Rogers autograph ,Roger sent me a binder full of never before seen pics of him hand building the 1 piece...

Sitting here with my best friend ,my wife's service dog " Hoss " ,listening to Pink Floyd Animals all the way through ,I look over & see my pooch knocked out like a wino man passed out after drinking Sterno ,the musics loud but he don't care ,he just wants to chill with me ,so I snapped this pic...

Cruising the big auction site I ran across a unique DBX amp ,it's the BX-3 Mark II model ,it appears to be a 180 wpc amp that can be configured for 2 ,3 or 4 channel ,it's the vintage DBX style with analog VU meters ,here's the manual ,I'm hoping somebody knows about this vintage piece ,I know...

Anybody here using an I Pad or Samsung Tablet for streaming music to your home HiFi rig ? If so which tablet are you using and do you use wifi or the HDMI connection ? I'm currently streaming from my Samsung smart phones HDMI port to my HiFi and TV set for movies and music via Amazon Prime...

As the tiltle says ,is anybody looking at those Mcintosh XRT-18 line arrays on that for sale site ? Please somebody buy them & save me from myself ,has anyone seen them yet ? IDK what forum rules are on this subject so I'm treading lightly .

I just bought a combo deal that included a Mcintosh MCD-550 CD/SACD player with cracked face ,I also picked up a super clean pair of Mcintosh LS-350 speakers in superb condition ,the R speakers tweeter & mid weren't working & neither was the bottom 10" bass driver ,a inspection of the binding...

I have a chance to pick up an MCD-550 with a broken faceplate as part of a package deal including a pair of McIntosh XLS-340 speakers & an old 1960s counsel ,the seller has an amp & unknown drivers too but all he knows is an " old dirty " tube amp is inside of the counsel because he can see it...

I joined about a week ago and am still learning to use the forum ,now that I've found the introduction section I figure it's time I stopped posting in the McIntosh section & properly introduce myself ,my name is Levi and I'm 62 years old ,I'm a retired Certified Crane Operator by trade ,my...

Hi guys ,life long audio nut with 25 years collecting & listening to high end audio,the bulk of my listening has been using McIntosh gear ,I have alot of pics of the 3 McIntosh systems we have in our home , one 5 channel Mac rig ,one 2 channel Mac rig and our McIntosh Home Theater but cannot...