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Yes, I think you would be a hoot to hang out with!
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It was 1998, I had just gotten married. One of my brothers had a very good year, and to my astonishment gave me, as a wedding present, an MR77 tuner, MA6100 integrated amp, and some Bowers and Wilkins shelf speakers! What a present!! Beat the hell out of the china, glassware, etc. I quickly traded up the speakers for some B & W 640dm floor speakers. Up until this point I'd been listening to the gear I bought in the 70s, after one winter where we had a monstrous snow season, and I made a killing shoveling snow. I bought a Pioneer sx780, Dual 1242 TT, and some huge Transaudio speakers.
Fast forward to 2014. I knew that one at least one tweeter was blown, and possibly a midrange, and the bass didn't sound the same. I realized that none of my stuff had been serviced in nearly 20 years, so took all my gear in. Several speakers were blown, and I had to wait more than a month. Took the old Pioneer out of the closet and made do. When I went to pick up my equipment, I was about to leave, when the tech said "wait--don't forget your toys!" He handed me a freezer bag full of small kids toys and about a dozen pacifiers, which my son had deposited in the baffle holes of the speakers when he was a toddler!! That explained the muddy bass. When I got everything set up, I was stunned at how great everything sounded, and it lit a fire. I started to think, maybe a better turntable might make everything a little sweeter. And maybe something a little more in the vintage of my Mac gear. After looking for months, finally decided on the TT, a Thorens td 124. After scouring eBay for months, found one that was a little more than I wanted, but figured I've give it a shot and low-ball the guy. He accepted, and I e-mailed him immediately. Hadn't noticed before in the post, but found out he lived about 3 miles from me! I picked it up that night, saved on the shipping, the guy saved a ton on not having to pay ebay and paypal, everybody wins! It was in mint condition, low serial number, absolutely perfect bearing. I don't think it had ever been played. I've seen beaters of this model with no plinth, tonearm, frozen platters, etc., sell for more than twice what I paid. Since it was made in 1958-60, I decided to rebuild it to be on the safe side. While I was doing that, I figured I might as well get a better tonearm, which was no great shakes. Found a mint early SME 3009 2 unimproved, not a scratch on it, rewired, upgraded to rca connection, for a fair price. I had a decent winter myself this year, and the bug for audio nirvana kept after me. About a month ago, I bit the bullet and bought the amp I've always lusted for- an Mc240, in original condition and working perfectly. The ma6100 now serves as a preamp only. I never knew music could sound like this, short of a live performance. Still have not listened on the Thorens. Had to take a break, and start saving for the last (I hope) piece, a cartridge! |
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spanky... Welcome to AA!
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Hello. I will add my thoughts. I first came to experience McIntosh in the fall of 1987 while in college. My friend had a new integrated amp with associated turntable and bookshelf speakers. He spun Floyd's A Momentary Lapse of Reason and then Hold Your Fire by Rush. Both albums were released that fall. Just beautiful to my ears. I have always been a "prog" head and jazz-fusion aficionado. Now almost 30 years later the dream has been realized. The more that things change the more that things remain the same...
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It’s a long story but I haven’t had McIntosh since. I have been running Klipschorns since the 80s and I’m now thinking of buying a McIntosh MC 462 to drive them. I would greatly appreciate any experiences with this setup. |
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I don’t currently own a McIntosh nor have I ever owned one.
But when I was 18, I bought my first CD and I didn’t have a CD player. It was a lot of money then. I happened to be in a McIntosh showroom in a shopping mall in Singapore - run by the distributor Ong Radio. I asked the sales person if I could play my CD. And he said yes. It was an all McIntosh system. CD player. Amp. Can’t recall the models. Or the speaker. But holy crap Madonna’s Papa Don’t Preach sounded sublime. Most Hi-Fi shops in those days were snooty and looked down on anyone not sporting designer brands. I was a high school student so wasn’t expecting much. But they were just so inviting and let me play my CDs because they just loved music. This is the kind of place I want to work in.
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The first time a saw a McIntosh product it was the MC 275. I was in engineering college, and into big solid state amps, so thought it was a hilarious anachronism.
Fast forward 30 years, and a local stereo store was having a store closing sale and McIntosh gear was 30% off. They had a demo MC 2102 and I fell in love with it. I came back the next day and it had been sold, but they offered to get in a new one at the same price, so I jumped on it. Turns out they lost their McIntosh franchise because of moves like that. The progression since has been: Power amps: MC 2102 + MC 2102 sold pair to buy 2 MC 2301’s Then an MC 275V just because Then MC 601 x 3 for the HT Then MC 602 for the rears Preamps: C 2200 > C 2300 > C500 C/T > C 1100 MX 151 for the HT Sources: MCD 500 > MCD 1100 That’s my McIntosh story. So far. Tom
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