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In Reply to: RE: REVIEW: McIntosh MA6600 Integrated Amplifier (SS) posted by Sprezza Tura on January 2, 2013 at 18:50:40:
If it's not status why would anybody pay the price ;?)Nobody buys Harley Davidson based on performance but for the look and splendor.Nothing wrong with that .The fact that regular people do not pay attention to it ,is down to the fact that audio stuff is of marginal importance to normal people. I'm not against Mac ,and do not subscribe to bashing. In absolute terms those are not bad amps and I expressed my view earlier. Phono stage in Ma6500 is bad sounding. I would even say that most Nad amps have better ones but it is only a convenient add on feature for starters most people couldn't care less for phono but I do ( one would wish little better for the price) I serviced my friend's MA6500. There is nothing extraordinary regarding it's built quality. Rather cheap parts throughout, open frame potentiometers in preamp section and cheap opamps. It is what it is , parts are not everything and the amp sounded very decent. Rgrds, W
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- RE: REVIEW: McIntosh MA6600 Integrated Amplifier (SS) - Wojciech 01/2/1321:01:27 01/2/13 (24)
- You fail to understand the importance - E-Stat 16:47:21 01/3/13 (17)
- RE: The blue meters - sudz1234@yahoo.com 05:14:40 01/5/13 (16)
- As you can see - E-Stat 12:14:19 01/5/13 (7)
- Power Guard ? ..What if I switch to smaller speakers - hifi heretic 19:58:47 01/5/13 (6)
- RE: Power Guard ? ..What if I switch to smaller speakers - E-Stat 06:49:36 01/6/13 (5)
- meter accuracy - hifi heretic 07:45:45 01/6/13 (4)
- RE: meter accuracy - E-Stat 08:01:22 01/6/13 (3)
- RE: meter accuracy - hifi heretic 10:30:02 01/6/13 (2)
- RE: meter accuracy - abs1 11:33:06 01/9/13 (0)
- Thanks for the reply -nt - E-Stat 10:39:50 01/6/13 (0)
- RE: The blue meters - hifi heretic 06:22:02 01/5/13 (7)
- "Basically, embracing a sensible approach to feature sets rather than a purist minimalist one." - E-Stat 06:56:10 01/5/13 (6)
- RE: "Basically, embracing a sensible approach to feature sets rather than a purist minimalist one." - hifi heretic 07:01:10 01/5/13 (5)
- How then are Mac's TOTL preamps - E-Stat 09:04:32 01/5/13 (4)
- RE: How then are Mac's TOTL preamps - hifi heretic 09:54:35 01/5/13 (3)
- RE: How then are Mac's TOTL preamps - E-Stat 10:06:06 01/5/13 (2)
- RE: How then are Mac's TOTL preamps - hifi heretic 10:13:30 01/5/13 (1)
- You must have zero interest in the truth - E-Stat 10:34:14 01/5/13 (0)
- RE: REVIEW: McIntosh MA6600 Integrated Amplifier (SS) - Wojciech 12:19:02 01/3/13 (0)
- If not status, why pay the price?? - hifi heretic 10:15:57 01/3/13 (0)
- Every Harley I owned - fin1bxn@msn.com 08:08:23 01/3/13 (3)