Fafaafooie
Active Member
Hey All,
Total McIntosh newb here...
I stumbled across a MC2505 at a Pawn Shop and they want $775 out the door at first ask. I'm sure I can get it for $700 ish. They claim it was tested and it works properly but know nothing about it's history and assume it's all original. I can also return it if something wrong and can show them the issue. Knowing it probably will need some work is this a good price?
Also I currently have a a very nice Yamaha CR 2040 putting out about 125 wpc driving a pair of Polk 11TL on speaker A and on B some Mission Freedom 770's. Although I am a speaker junky and buy new ones all the time but these two sound fantastic when played together.
Will I notice the lack of power on the MC2505? The Yamaha is a beast and sounds great at lower volume. At full volume you can hear it down the street with my front door open. I wasn't looking to change but the McIntosh seems pretty inexpensive and I've always drooled over Mcintosh stuff. It could probably use a servicing, so what kind of money am I looking at assuming there is nothing major wrong and just needs a cleaning and maybe some recapping. I assume there are some usual suspects on these?
Last thing I am using a Dynavector MC cartridge on my turntable, what preamp would support that style of cartridge?
Thanks for any assistance!
Total McIntosh newb here...
I stumbled across a MC2505 at a Pawn Shop and they want $775 out the door at first ask. I'm sure I can get it for $700 ish. They claim it was tested and it works properly but know nothing about it's history and assume it's all original. I can also return it if something wrong and can show them the issue. Knowing it probably will need some work is this a good price?
Also I currently have a a very nice Yamaha CR 2040 putting out about 125 wpc driving a pair of Polk 11TL on speaker A and on B some Mission Freedom 770's. Although I am a speaker junky and buy new ones all the time but these two sound fantastic when played together.
Will I notice the lack of power on the MC2505? The Yamaha is a beast and sounds great at lower volume. At full volume you can hear it down the street with my front door open. I wasn't looking to change but the McIntosh seems pretty inexpensive and I've always drooled over Mcintosh stuff. It could probably use a servicing, so what kind of money am I looking at assuming there is nothing major wrong and just needs a cleaning and maybe some recapping. I assume there are some usual suspects on these?
Last thing I am using a Dynavector MC cartridge on my turntable, what preamp would support that style of cartridge?
Thanks for any assistance!