Review MC 611s.

[JBT]

Forgot to write the most important part of this review. Eh hem (as I clear my throat and start to speak authoritatively), "This reviewer highly recommends you audition McIntosh Labs MC611 quad balanced solid-state monoblock amplifiers within your system. Enjoyed them so much within my sound system that I'm buying the review pair!"

WAIT

Bought them first, and then reviewed them.

Plot twist!



As always, in the end, what really matters is that you...



Enjoy the Music,



Steven R. Rochlin




http://www.enjoythemusic.com/superio...ew_Preview.htm

[1KW]

Entertaining but not really a review, glad he is enjoying them. While I read the first couple of paragraphs I thought substitute horse power instead of watts and change the name of the amp from 611 to Corvette Z06 and it could go in a car magazine. When he was talking about replacing capacitor’s after a decade , I realized my MC501’s are from 2009 , ie almost a decade old of use and still sound fantastic to me with powerful bass , superb imaging do I have to change power capacitors in a year , answer they are still going strong. I am sure the 611 are even better than my 501’s .

[JBT]

Originally Posted by 1KW

Entertaining but not really a review, glad he is enjoying them. While I read the first couple of paragraphs I thought substitute horse power instead of watts and change the name of the amp from 611 to Corvette Z06 and it could go in a car magazine. When he was talking about replacing capacitor’s after a decade , I realized my MC501’s are from 2009 , ie almost a decade old of use and still sound fantastic to me with powerful bass , superb imaging do I have to change power capacitors in a year , answer they are still going strong. I am sure the 611 are even better than my 501’s .

501s are great amps.


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[Magog]

Originally Posted by JBT

501s are great amps.


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I received my 611 yesterday to replace my 601. Before unplugging my 601 which was hot I made one last listening. Immediately at the exit of the box I plug the 611, and I can not resist listening even if I told myself that it will not be good. I was extremely surprised by the sound difference. Much better than 601 on everything, even at 15 minutes of running. Macintosh seems to deliver exactly what it says in their promotion. I let them play day and night for a week and I'll get back to you. Excuse my english. Claude

[1KW]

Originally Posted by JBT

501s are great amps.


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This line was pretty funny....."Listening to and living with the McIntosh MC501s was rather like going to a high school reunion and hitting the trifecta. Not only was the beautiful girl I had the terrible crush on way back when more beautiful than ever, she was successful, available, and asked me out to dinner. So sue me, I fell in love all over again
Read more at https://www.stereophile.com/content/mcintosh-mc501-monoblock-power-amplifier-page-3-0#wQLRfHTyTf5kXtvP.99"

[Audiophilehi]

Originally Posted by Magog

I received my 611 yesterday to replace my 601. Before unplugging my 601 which was hot I made one last listening. Immediately at the exit of the box I plug the 611, and I can not resist listening even if I told myself that it will not be good. I was extremely surprised by the sound difference. Much better than 601 on everything, even at 15 minutes of running. Macintosh seems to deliver exactly what it says in their promotion. I let them play day and night for a week and I'll get back to you. Excuse my english. Claude

Hi Claude....congratulations on the Mac 611. They sure are beautiful. I will be looking forward to your review in the next week or so.

Please start another thread.

[Cohibaman]

Very intriguing amp to me.

I’d love to audition a pair, but here’s my gripe about trying to audition any single component in a system at a dealer....let’s say I was contemplating a particular set of speakers and a dealer happens to have them in their showroom. How can I objectively evaluate the speakers when the whole system is new to me (remember, there’s the amp, the preamp, the source, the DAC, the cables, the room acoustics, etc...).

Switch gears for a second, I want to evaluate brand ABC preamp. It’s in the same system as above. If it’s horrible, is it the amp? The speakers?

Point is, every single component in the whole chain, from power cords, power conditioners, to amps and speakers, influences the sound. How do you effectively evaluate just one component in this cauldron of sound?

[Magog]

Originally Posted by Audiophilehi

Hi Claude....congratulations on the Mac 611. They sure are beautiful. I will be looking forward to your review in the next week or so.

Please start another thread.

Little disappointment.
There is a slight buzz when I approach 6 inch amp.
Both. I changed the ac wire, I plugged directly into the wall, same thing. Accordent to you, is it normal?

[1KW]

Originally Posted by Magog

Little disappointment.
There is a slight buzz when I approach 6 inch amp.
Both. I changed the ac wire, I plugged directly into the wall, same thing. Accordent to you, is it normal?

That is likely the transformer, send it back and ask for a new amp. , it should be dead quiet.

[Levitator]

+1 - had the same a while back with a 205 Mac amp and my dealer had no hesitation in changing it over for a new one