The 75th anniversary C22/MC75 have just been recently reviewed over here in the UK by hi-fi news.
What stood out to me was some of the best tube amp performance I have ever seen, which potentially removes the concept that listeners love tubes for the distortion.
Now I am not a tube fan myself due to it for some quirky reason reminding me of the old black and white Frankenstein films, but I can appreciate this McIntosh.
Here is a snapshot of some measurements, at the end I will provide a URL so if interested can register and look at all test measurements.
Bear in mind this is from November 2009 magazine that has not been posted yet.
This is for the amp MC75:
1) Distortion vs Frequency; 10W/8ohms 20Hz to 20kHz.
Worst distortion peaked at 20Hz and 20kHz, in both cases distortion was 0.1%.
2) Dynamic power output vs distortion
100W/8ohms - just above 0.1%
100W/4ohms - just above 0.2%
100W/2ohms - just above 0.3%
Downside is that it can only be purchased with preamp, and ofcourse limited edition (which will be a real shame).
Hopefully November measurements posted sooner rather than later for those interested:
Click register button and send email with name and email addr.
http://www.milleraudioresearch.com/avtech/index.html
Cheers
Orb
The 75th anniversary C22/MC75 have just been recently reviewed over here in the UK by hi-fi news.
What stood out to me was some of the best tube amp performance I have ever seen, which potentially removes the concept that listeners love tubes for the distortion.
Now I am not a tube fan myself due to it for some quirky reason reminding me of the old black and white Frankenstein films, but I can appreciate this McIntosh.
Here is a snapshot of some measurements, at the end I will provide a URL so if interested can register and look at all test measurements.
Bear in mind this is from November 2009 magazine that has not been posted yet.
This is for the amp MC75:
1) Distortion vs Frequency; 10W/8ohms 20Hz to 20kHz.
Worst distortion peaked at 20Hz and 20kHz, in both cases distortion was 0.1%.
2) Dynamic power output vs distortion
100W/8ohms - just above 0.1%
100W/4ohms - just above 0.2%
100W/2ohms - just above 0.3%
Downside is that it can only be purchased with preamp, and ofcourse limited edition (which will be a real shame).
Hopefully November measurements posted sooner rather than later for those interested:
Click register button and send email with name and email addr.
http://www.milleraudioresearch.com/avtech/index.html
Cheers
Orb