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Old 12-06-2018, 03:02 PM
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Default The 70th Anniversary McIntosh Commemorative System

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Love the aesthetics of the new amp....but the “bicycle basket tube cage” looks cheap...and is HORRIFIC! Yikes! Definitely need to run this beauty naked!
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Old 12-06-2018, 03:18 PM
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That amp is so good looking IMO
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Old 12-06-2018, 03:19 PM
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Yes sir that is the case. I'm not quite certain how that came to be...
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Old 12-06-2018, 03:45 PM
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From another website:

McIntosh is 70 years old. Well, nearly - 2019 marks its 70th year. And like an excited kid with a birthday approaching, it’s already thinking ahead to the occasion in the weeks before. The US electronics brand (founded in 1949, if you couldn’t be bothered to do the maths) is marking its anniversary with a £25,000 Limited Edition Commemorative System.

The system comprises two new audio products: the MC2152 70th Anniversary vacuum tube amplifier and the C70 70th Anniversary vacuum tube preamplifier, as well as a “…for the love of music…” McIntosh History Book that contains a certificate authentication.

Only 70 Commemorative Systems are being produced – only one is coming to the UK! – and each system’s two components are marked with matching serial numbers.

There's a charitable cause, too. For each system sold, McIntosh will donate $1,000 to global humanitarian organisation Save the Children, which will be celebrating its centennial year in 2019.
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Old 12-06-2018, 05:17 PM
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Too bad they aren’t allowing it to run mono like the MC275. That would be an awesome set-up.
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Old 12-06-2018, 06:38 PM
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I like them a lot too, though I agree about the tube cage.
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Where's the Chrome Chassis? The Chrome letting with the name Mcintosh. Why can't we strap the channels together? Name one Mcintosh speaker that can reach its full potential with 150 watts. They Should have made a 70th anniversary MC 3500, which would have been introduced 50 years ago next year. It could be updated to 500 watts per channel with less than .15% distortion like the original 3500 and Made fully balanced. It would power All Mac speakers very well and give ARC owners an alternative. 2152 is just another underpowered tube amp with weird cosmetics. I'd rather have a MC 2000 MKII at least it had meters.
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Old 12-06-2018, 08:29 PM
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Very cool, I like the amplifier but do miss some of the chrome you’re used to seeing on their products. The preamp looks great. That makes for a nice looking system if the sonics are there.

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