Ok, so I took it apart and it's a piece of cake to fix, I just need the part (gonna call McIntosh and get it tomorrow)... In a nutshell, the IEC input is a stupidly cheap, hard plastic piece not fit to be on a $20 hot water kettle, much less a $9000 amp... the quality of the plastic is the worse I've seen in a long time .. the actual pins are also very small and hardy held the power cable on, which is why it had so much play... unacceptable.
I'm half tempted to take it to the local amp guy I know and have him do an after market higher quality one... sad to think they might be cost cutting? I can't imagine this piece lasting a "lifetime" ..
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