What a great story! Thanks for sharing James!

It’s because he’s using a teleprompter

Lol, that probably took a lot of training.

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Yes they do, the factory is a great place to visit if you are a gear lover.

Great product, thanks for sharing!

Yes, that is a great set up. Thanks for watching!

Thank you. We agree.

Terry, we are sorry you had trouble with McIntosh service, we shared your story with them and they were very surprised. They said they respond to all service requests and are happy to repair items at their facility. Do you remember the year this happened in, as it would also be odd for them to sell parts to an end user. Thanks for watching

@@AudioAdvice The year? It was the early 90s as best I can recall. Could have been late 80s. Unfortunately, before I had a home computer as, if I did, I would likely still have that letter requesting service advice on disk somewhere. But that is not the case. I am reasonably "handy" but an electronic repair guy? Definitely not! So, it was a stressful matter for me and I cannot recall where I even got the term "leaky transistor" from. Nor do I recall where I got the idea to replace all the power output txs on my own from. But it seemed "do-able" and a bet worth taking and, not really knowing which tx was the problem, the easiest thing was to bite the bullet and replace all eight of them. If it was unusual for Mac to send service parts to an owner, you can't prove that to me. Decades earlier I had ordered a replacement glass front panel for my C26 preamp after it became cracked in a clumsy accident. Waited months until they had one, but they did send it directly to me in Whitehorse, Yukon. That would have been in the late 60s. Anyhow, they did send the eight power output txs, I was able to replace them, and the MC2205 ran for years afterward without heating the room. May still be running for all I know . . . somewhere. There was no degradation in sound but it was so hot that an electrical smell rose in the room. Unfortunately, while there was a Mac dealer in Halifax, NS in 1976, when I traded in my MC2105 in on the MC2205, it went out of business and, some 45 years later, still no place to buy Macs in Canada east of Montreal. :( While I still miss my Macs, at this stage in life, it is unlikely I'd actually purchase one now although I still consider the MAC7200 from time to time. Anyhow, that it my tale of woe asa former Mac owner of not quite 30 years. C26, MC2105, MC2205 and a 6 channel home theatre amp whose designation I cannot recall. PS: Oh, I recall them directly sending me the incandescent bulbs for the Power Guard circuitry when one or more of mine burned out too.

@@terrydanks Terry, thanks for sharing. That would have been the Clarion years when they were owned by the car stereo company, which explains a lot, we thought this was much more recent. They also probably shipped you directly since you did not have a local dealer anywhere nearby. We are pretty impressed you were able to change all the output transistors yourself! That is not easy. And we wish we could ship to Canada when you are ready for that 7200 but we are limited to the US.

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Thanks, Mike!

Fair enough. Thanks for sharing.

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That is a decent point, but that red power button as been around for decades. Thanks for watching

It’s awful. Makes it look cheap

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There is NO best! You buy what you like the sound of. I HAD two different Hegels. I own the MA5300, and like it much more than the Hegels. It all comes down to personal preference and associated equipment. There must be a system synergy. Not all components play well together. Enjoy the journey!

Which one did you end up getting?

It does not have rack brackets. Those pieces on each end are part of the unit. Thanks for watching

That is really strange. One reason we decided to bring on McIntosh is when we visited the factory, we were waiting outside early the last day to get in and two engineers were talking about how upset they were that they could not repair a preamp from the 60's. And this was August of 2019. It could be the management in the 80's was not all about customer service like they are today. They are under totally different management now. Thanks for watching

We think it sounds great for its cost.

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We did not say it had imported parts. McIntosh sources as many parts as possible from local vendors or makes them in the factory, but they do not get into details on where ever single part came from. Thanks for watching

@@AudioAdvice You did not say but i just asked by watching this thing written at back of the amp. Welcome.

@@md.muradhussainkhan592 Yes, the parts disclosure thanks-you have good eyes! It is likely the chips for the digital section.

We have installed a couple in systems with LaScalas and had great results

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