Sorry about garbelked post.To much cabernet or lack of sleep.I sold Mac for 6 years getting out just as they were introducing the glass products.While the $12K amp they started with may have been to pricey the new products based on the 275/KT88 's are great amps.If you can choose your speaker in the shop and have them demo both tube and solid state.But like I said if you want to economise and balanced amp within past 10 years will give you same house sound new piece woould.Guess my last garbled line was how nice a pair of the new Quads would sound with this set up and very FAST pitch accurate sub(though you could go with much less power.One thing that's great aboput the 2200 is that you can pre -program volume settings for each source component).The one thing that I found was that if not the last word in resolutioon the Mac line was and is highly musical and sounds great with a very broad line of speakers from a Thiel to a Quadl,B&W etc.Some amps like Krell might match up great with some speakers but certainly not a Thiel.But like Levenson the Mac seem to be forgiving and can do justice to all but the most laid back speakers.Like I said I'd vote the new Quads and VERY good sub and that would satisfy me for as long as the gear lasted which should be 30 or 40 years.Only advances in digital we can't forsee which is years off ( even though some products like the DEQX are allready producing amazing systems in speaker component integration and room correction) this gear you mention will allow you to be pleased for quite some time.Hell some folks still swear by Thorens 124 II tables,Quad ESL 57's and vintage Mac or Marantz tube gear and are pleased as puch feeding sources into systems that were current in 1960.They don't want to change a thing because their systems sound great.The future MAYBE digital but I don't think you'd be as quick to give up your rig as many others with the "latest and greatest" gear.Go for it!!!!!!!
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Chazzbo
