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Major Mcintosh Score

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tedrusso

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So, I happenned to be at home on a Friday... sick (no, really)...and I was browing the local craigslist ads. An ad for the following (not a typo):

MC-2105 Power Amp
C-26 Preamp
MR-73 Tuner
MI-3 Performance Indicator

$100. One hundred. I gave him $400. Very nice older gentleman who was going to leave it on the curb for pickup. Not kidding.

I hook everything up except the MI-3. I thought I would just "flip" all of it and make a few thousand. But um...something happened along the way. I LIKE the McIntosh sound. Not too much different than the Accuphase E-302 I have in character, it just sounds more like live music, I think, playing through my Spendor S-20's.

So, of course...I have to upgrade. I get a c31V. "Warmer" than the C26 and quieter. But that remote. Oh, that remote.

Not bad, eh? I don't know what to do with the MI-3. Quick question. Cables and interconnects. Any suggestions?
 

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that is one time I would definitely give more than the asking price, of course after it is already loaded in the car and the original price has already been paid. :yes:
 
I was sick last week. And a Pair of Bose 901's series 5's without eq showed up for 60 bucks. Now being too sick to get over there and having a friend a lot closer I passed it onto him, mind you in 2 mins of the ad coming out. However the seller turned out to be an A$$ and was selling to the highest bidder ... the price quickly shot up to 150.

That presented an opportunity ... sell my eq for a good $$$ ... so I ran the ad asking 125. Promptly that same guy who bought the 901's called and I sold em the next day for 100.

Cool.
Srinath.
 
tedrusso said:
....$100. One hundred. I gave him $400. Very nice older gentleman who was going to leave it on the curb for pickup....
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There is Audio Karma in your future, sir. It is one thing to hit a SCORE but another to be gracious about it.

Cheers,

David
 
Major congrats! Cash out by selling the C-26. Hope your boss isn't an AK member because the only thing sick about here is your deal.
 
Congratulations on your purchase. You have many years of happy listening ahead of you.
 
I always ask this when people post such incredible scores: where did this happen?!

I ask not so I can come and steal it all :scratch2: but so I can calm down knowing that it didn't happen near me!
 
C26 is a great match to the 2105. Recap it and it cleans up nicely. The MPI3 should connect to the tuner and preamp. Allows precise tuning and something to watch when you relive the 1960s....

Thanks,
Ron-C
 
I'll be checking craigslist daily. What a deal. I'd sell the C26 and look for a C29. I use a MC2105 in my bedroom system and love it. Congrats!
 
srinath said:
I was sick last week. And a Pair of Bose 901's series 5's without eq showed up for 60 bucks. Now being too sick to get over there and having a friend a lot closer I passed it onto him, mind you in 2 mins of the ad coming out. However the seller turned out to be an A$$ and was selling to the highest bidder ... the price quickly shot up to 150.

That presented an opportunity ... sell my eq for a good $$$ ... so I ran the ad asking 125. Promptly that same guy who bought the 901's called and I sold em the next day for 100.

Cool.
Srinath.
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i owned the 901's in the 70's. i hated them and wouldn't pay 60 bucks today.
traded them in for mac speakers ML101's within a year. kept the 101's for 10 years. still have the MQ101 EQUALIZER.
 
Mike....well, he bought all of this gear in ~1967. It was sitting in this living room in a cabinet gathering dust. He also had some monster sized JBL's. He asked me if I wanted those as well!

I informed him later that he could get ~$2K for the JBL's. I hope he does. I had no room for them in my small apartment.

He was grateful that the Mcintosh gear went to someone who appreciated their value and would enjoy them, which I am doing as of this writing.

When I asked him why he was selling it, he said that "I use my Ipad to listen to music." Go figure. I don't have a music server. :)

Like I said. He was going to throw them out. Disaster averted.
 
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