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Mcintosh mc275 or rogue m150/180

I love my current Dennis Had aes six pacs. I just retubed them today with Mullard reissue el34s. But I didn't buy a set of andra speakers I had my eye on because I was worried the amps weren't quite enough juice. As I ponder future improvements I am curious as to thoughts on improving sound and output. My six pacs are my first foray into tube monoblocks and I am hooked. I honestly can't see how they could sound better, but I have made that statement before and been proven wrong.
Brad
2out2sea
harri009
100 posts
 
The M180's are pretty special
bojack
539 posts
 
If you really like the Sixpacs, enjoy them. The grass is not always greener, my friend.
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mattmiller
1,180 posts
 
Lets see, 1 amp has over four decades of production and made by a company that's been around for even longer! The MC275 is THE McIntosh to own, you cant go wrong. The other amp...well...not even close in history or PRAT+MAGIC.
bojack
539 posts
 
And another way to look at this is that you don't see many Sixpacs for sale…Hmm.
2out2sea OP
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Bojack...very good point. I have no intention of getting rid of the six pacs. I do however realize their limitations. As my current reference amp they precluded my purchase of a pristine pair of egglestonworks andra ii speakers. They are also a bare recommended minimum for the janszen speakers that I am about to audition. I am leaning towards a set of of mc275 running bridged mono. I was just curious about the bigger rogue amps. Certainly a used set of rogues are more powerful and less costly than the mcintosh. I had even considered Dodd, etc, but I digress.
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