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Agreed. A nice thoughtful review with helpful measurements. A feeling that I come away with, however, is that the chosen speakers for audition (Harbeth 30.2 and B&W 702 S2) are likely to be under matched to an MC462. To pick one aspect, one might suspect that both of those speakers will not reveal the degree of imagining and holographic sound staging of which the MC462 is capable. This aspect was not sufficiently addressed or emphasized in the review. Just before the review for the MC462 in the issue is a review for the Wilson Yvettes, which would (as an example) more strongly reveal the strengths of the amplifier and enable making an even stronger case for it.

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Mac or Bryston whatever floats your boat
I sold my new purchased by me MC 7100 and C36 in 1991 sold them when I got MC-402
they are still going strong, In fact I have the C36 again and soon I will have the MC-7100
back again. i bought a used 1970 Mac 1700 25 years ago it just developed problems 2 years
ago. Mac does last a very long time.
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Oh my MC402 C2300 and MCD201 all still work perfectly also.

Knock on wood for the MCD201
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Ummm, are we all forgetting something here...

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Now that’s a lot of buttons. It must have sounded amazing.
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Boy, this thread sure has undergone a lot of topic creep!
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I just really miss equalizers with all the dancing bars! Sorry to rob the thread!
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Now that’s a lot of buttons. It must have sounded amazing.
Every switch & button contact likely added just a bit to the sound signature, to say nothing of all the solder joints required to connect them.
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