cnolanh
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Last year I bought an MC2150 from AudioClassics and it's a terrific amp. This particular one is in good condition but arrived with two small weirdnesses, which I was reminded of recently when I moved the amp:
1. On the rear chassis, the white serial number area is blank. I highly doubt that this amp has needed/gotten a replacment chassis as all the parts look normal for their age. Has anyone else seen an MC2150 — or other Mc amp from that vintage — with a missing serial number? Is there anywhere else on/in the amp I can find its serial number? McIntosh made fewer than 400 of these so I'd love to know where mine was in the production.
2. The Normal lights work properly but unlike all other MC2150 photos I've seen, these lights glow white instead of green. There are tiny hints of green at the edges of the lights, so my hunch is that the green tint has faded somehow. If the amp had once been installed in a place with direct sunlight on it, could that have turned the plastic pieces from green to clearish? Any suggestions for getting them back to the right color?
Thanks for any wisdom about these small things, folks.
1. On the rear chassis, the white serial number area is blank. I highly doubt that this amp has needed/gotten a replacment chassis as all the parts look normal for their age. Has anyone else seen an MC2150 — or other Mc amp from that vintage — with a missing serial number? Is there anywhere else on/in the amp I can find its serial number? McIntosh made fewer than 400 of these so I'd love to know where mine was in the production.
2. The Normal lights work properly but unlike all other MC2150 photos I've seen, these lights glow white instead of green. There are tiny hints of green at the edges of the lights, so my hunch is that the green tint has faded somehow. If the amp had once been installed in a place with direct sunlight on it, could that have turned the plastic pieces from green to clearish? Any suggestions for getting them back to the right color?
Thanks for any wisdom about these small things, folks.