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On Tue, 22 Nov 2005 22:15:47 -0700, (Mark D) wrote:

I'll agree somewhat Bret, that yes, McIntosh perhaps is still in the
stone age, with their Class B Amps, their big ole potted, clunky, boxy
Transformers (Seems all have switched to Torroidal), VU Meters galore,
in which not too many amps I've ever seen other than them have them
anymore (Except maybe for the Audio Research Reference 600 if I can
recall)

I briefly owned a Mac preamp. I looked inside, and was disgusted by
the cheapness, at that price level. Cheap pots on all controls except
volume, cheap power supply, ancient op amps through-out. All show, no
go.

Many of them you needed a fork lift to move, but I can think of a few
other personal fav amps that are basically no different when it comes to
weight (Levinson #33, Krell FPB-600, and 650)

Well, the Mac has those output transformers, so for any given weight,
it's a worse amplifier.