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Old 11-21-2018, 02:48 PM
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Giving serious thought to replacing my MA6600 and D100 with the MC312 and D1100 in 2019.

AS I have been listening to everything "flat" lately, perhaps I will just connect the D1100 directly to the 312 and not bother with adding an additional pre-amp in the chain.

Any opinions and advice?
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Do it up. That's how I'm set up and I'm very happy with it.
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Happy to help. I wanted to get the quad balanced amp list out there because a lot of people, (including me) didn’t know the 352, 402, and 602 are quad balanced.
MC1000 was the first quad balanced design.
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I'm thinking between a used 452 and a new 312.
the sound is better than the 302 ?
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I'm thinking between a used 452 and a new 312.
the sound is better than the 302 ?
I’ve owned all 3 of these amps. The 312 hands down the best of the three. Easily the best 2 channel Mc amp I’ve owned over the years.
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Hey JWJW, could you share why you preferred the 312?
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Hey JWJW, could you share why you preferred the 312?
It just sounded better (to me). The only way I can describe it...super dynamic and punchy.
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Decided to keep my MC312 as it is super dynamic and punchy.

Regardless of power level, heatsinks barely get warm.

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