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Opinion needed: Pre-Amp (bypass a dac)?
Again, thanks for everyone's patience with my ground up system build. My next step is adding a pre-amp. My initial thoughts (desire) is to patiently wait for a C1000T which is built like a tank, has a certain prestige/rarity and matches my mcd1000 and mda1000. 2nd choice is a C500T and 3rd choice is a C50. IF I were to go with the most practical and cost effective choice, the C50, I would miss out on adding tubes but would gain controls to tweak the sound on crappy old recordings and would save enough money to add another component, like a tuner, men 220, etc. ***also, I'd like to add 5.1 or 7.1 capability too so one of the MX series I guess? 121 or 151 (don't want to spend a lot of $) Ideas?
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McIntosh MCD 1000 McIntosh MDA 1000 McIntosh MPC1500 McIntosh MC7106 Legacy Audio Focus 20/20 (customized) Legacy Audio Silverscreen HD Legacy Audio Skyline 7 Legacy Audio Point One Last edited by ChicagoDog; 09-01-2017 at 02:28 PM. |
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The MX150 or or MX151 will give you HT, two channel analog and digital DAC, plod Room Perfect like an MEN220. Great performance and value.
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I guess I just didn't think this through very well, it's been a long day.
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MX150 and 151 also have a pure analog mode to bypass digital signal processing. Few realize that capability. The manual directs one on the set up.
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Kee p to your original plan and find a C1000 , pure beauty
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Yes you can bypass DSP, but it's not pure analog. Everything is converted to digital, even if it's fed analog.
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Agree 100%
None of the mentioned processors will come close in sound quality to a high quality 2-ch pre amp.
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I heard that was true for the 150 but that the 151 is different and does not convert everything to digital even if fed analog.
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They both operate the same. Read owners manuals. The inputs can be converted to bypass digital processing. It is a major misconception. However if you need room correction as most will benefit from room perfect since precise speaker placement or room treatments are not within easy reach for most people.
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My problem is that my wife wants, at minimum, 5.1 surround sound so I need to add the most affordable pre-owned Mc brand processor that doesn't diminish my potential investment into a c100 or c500 for 2 channel. I thought the 151 would just pass the signal without any redundant conversions.
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