Wow! That is great. I would love to hear how that is going to sound. Congratulations!
The speakers look practically new. There's no doubt they saw little or no relocation once originally installed. Amazing how well the surrounds survived.
I like Ron's MEN220 suggestion as well. Truly a reference system if ever there was one.
Wow! Those don't look like oak, though. They look like walnut or mahogany. They don't have the pronounced grain of oak. Again, wow!!!
Thanks 427 for identifying them. You are right all McIntosh is classic from the start and destined to stay that wayMan all I can say is classy classic.
oh and the cabinets are walnut.
Thanks again.I'd be interested to hear what the amp does when you power it up tomorrow. Either way, it sounds as if the seller was gracious here - that easily could have been different.
I've personally never shorted the output of a McIntosh amplifier while it was playing but you would think the protection circuitry would be designed to permit this without damage to the amplifier. Hmmm ...
Congratulations again and keep us posted!
Glad to hear they met and exceeded your expectations I'd also be interested in hearing how the pg circuit handled a short. Hopefully you'll get lucky and it won't be much if anything at all.
Thanks for posting pics of those incredible speakers. I can imagine you must be getting anxious to hear them in their new setting.
If I ever bridge MC1000s it will be a next year project unless two more MC1000s dop in my lap.VB, that's an absolutely crazy awesome setup! If you need that XLR cable-bridging info, I can send you a diagram. You're gonna need all the wattage you can muster!
Dave
That explains why surrounds look like new. Did Did carl use same copper shield to make low distortion mids?The 290s and 250/s have a totally different surround foam material from earlier XR and XRT models. They are not supposed to fail with time. They also have an advanced woofer mounting scheme to reduce enclosure resonances. The only thing they don't have are the low distortion midranges the XRT 28 and 30 have. But I prefer the tonal balance of the 290. I understand Carl who developed the LD woofers and helped Roger with the 290 design has just retired from Mac. Maybe some one will be hired and a new line of speakers will become available. I've always wanted Mac to bring Roger back for a new line of more affordable high performance speakers.