What McIntosh Gear Are You Using?
- Thread starter CarlV
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Wow! With all the back and forth about Mac just being a name everyone who posted has some serious stuff.
I have a little Mac 1700. I finally pulled the trigger to have a Mac.
I do not have the room for some of the stuff posted because my primary system is Adcom with Ohm I and Magnat speakers.
The Mac is for backround music and every so often I run it and it does well for 40 watts.
Love the hybrid tube tuner and the solid state amp. Too bad FM radio programing these days is not what it used to be.
I have a little Mac 1700. I finally pulled the trigger to have a Mac.
I do not have the room for some of the stuff posted because my primary system is Adcom with Ohm I and Magnat speakers.
The Mac is for backround music and every so often I run it and it does well for 40 watts.
Love the hybrid tube tuner and the solid state amp. Too bad FM radio programing these days is not what it used to be.
I haven’t seen it, but it will be a different color than chrome, warmer where chrome would look somewhat blue next to it.
Here are some teaser shots of the gear
Sending the C20 to Audio Classics for updates and the MC 75s to Bob The Tech for the chassis swap updates. The chassis’s for the 75s have arrived from the vendor and the quality/attention to detail is amazing. Also picked up new speaker terminals and we will clean/replace tube sockets as needed. More to follow
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Those look like original tube shields on the MC75s, keep a watch for a pair of chicken-head gain knobs if you want the original look.
Chicken head knobs? Trying to visualize them
oldmustang
New Member
A flock of chicken-head knobs. . .
Steve Z
McIntosh aren’t exactly chicken-heads, picture Rosy’s eyes on The Jetsons, those are the knobs you need. https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/...eAuQihVtW_lzdGsnRA-x1LYVXCT96vs44ID98pwQ&s=10
This looks like the right ones, in black: Knob - Pointer, Small, Knurled, 0.675” Diameter | Amplified Parts but maybe larger diameter for McIntosh.
This looks like the right ones, in black: Knob - Pointer, Small, Knurled, 0.675” Diameter | Amplified Parts but maybe larger diameter for McIntosh.
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Selling on BT (no affiliation).
Thanks found a pair on the Bay
damacman
Resident Psycho
That's quite the mix of vintage and new. Wow. Tell me about the MR55 - never seen one in person.
I’m most proud of the power tubes: Tung Sol 6550 smooth black plate, one pair, 1st gen, other 3rd gen. I lucked out in purchasing a total of 7 tubes over time from various sources and found 2 matched pairs, with date codes within weeks of each other, from 1958 and 1960. I joke that I don’t listen to any music released after my tubes were manufactured…
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