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MC275 MK VI general questions

avanti1960

avanti1960

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Hi,
I am considering a MC275 VI amp to pair with a Cary Audio preamp in favor of my current Parasound amp. I want to return to (what I consider) to be a more refined sound of a tube amplifier.
How is the refinement of the MC275, especially in the treble?
Overall tonal balance- warm, neutral, bright?
Improvement with tube rolling?
Sound stage dimensions?

Thank you.
 
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My 4 mono configured Mc. MC 275 LEs have always sounded neutral (no surprise) and excellent to all others, & my ears for the well over 10 yrs. of trouble free use, using the original tubes.
With quality recordings the speakers simply disappear from the room with excellent sound staging.
Of course, in my setup they are connected & operated for L/R Mid/High frequency use in my tri-amplified Mc XRT 30 speaker system.

Never felt the need/desire to disturb their factory provided tubes, and the Mid range amps never see any frequencies below 80Hz, and the High frequency ones see only from 1,700 Hz on up, so they have a pretty easy life and like living on the floor where the running temperatures are cooler & vibration isn`t an issue.

80 Hz on down is easily handled by (2) 240 volt mains rewired by me Mc. MC 1201 mono block SS amplifiers for the L/R heavy bass frequency lifting.
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clinic-audio said:
Very nice amplifiers Bill !
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Why thankyou, Patrice.
That was very kind of you, Sir.
Those wonderful sounding "electric space heaters" certainly pump a bit of heat into my living room as my HVAC heat pump`s frequent running can confirm when their fired up ! LOL !
 
avanti1960 said:
Hi,
I am considering a MC275 VI amp to pair with a Cary Audio preamp in favor of my current Parasound amp. I want to return to (what I consider) to be a more refined sound of a tube amplifier.
How is the refinement of the MC275, especially in the treble?
Overall tonal balance- warm, neutral, bright?
Improvement with tube rolling?
Sound stage dimensions?

Thank you.
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If you have inefficient speakers and / or a large room and / or you like to play rock-and-roll loud, 75+ Watts per channel may not be sufficient.
 
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