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03-07-2014 06:29 PM |
301 Still Out
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My McIntosh MCD301 SACD/CD player went off to the store for repair back on 2/8. It's not back yet. I called the store Monday, and was told McIntosh has it. There is an authorized repair shop in Manhattan, but the store feels more comfortable sending devices with transports and such back to Mac itself.
On Wednesday, I decided to re-instal my previous CD player, the Marantz DV8400 universal player. I played it for the first time last night; some '50s and '60s tunes. It sounded okay, perhaps a bit muffled. It hasn't been used in three years, so it may need to break in all over again. It's also a 24/96 machine, versus the 24/192 MCD301. And I didn't have it up very loud because I was using it more for background as I sorted mail, plus I'm more about breaking in the Amperex tubes I put in the 2300's line stage recently, so I want to log hours more than anything else.
I don't know how long I'll have the 8400 in the setup, because I don't know how long the 301 will be away. We do what we need to do.
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