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| McIntosh (MC601) amplifier overheating problem Hi Sandy - Yikes! I think this issue is even more widespread than it seems. That's the nature of this kind of problem.The unfortunate part about it is that, fundamentally, this is not a problem McIntosh had any control over - the transistors are... | |
| McIntosh (MC601) amplifier overheating problem Ok! McIntosh finally came through. Unfortunately, they did not want to swap the amps out for us (as Ayre has done for the exact same problem and situation), but they did send us 4 complete heatsink assemblies that are fully-populated and tested,... | |
| McIntosh (MC601) amplifier overheating problem Hi garebear, nice to hear from you!Hi chazzzy, ok well wish him good luck. It has now been 55 days and still no parts, and no emails in the last 2 weeks. To add insult to injury, I got an automatic reply from the Customer Service Manager just now ... | |
| McIntosh (MC601) amplifier overheating problem Hi g_nakamoto, it's normal that both are overheating because they both have bad transistors in them. The ThermalTrak transistors are the problem (which were made by On Semi, not McIntosh). Going by the amp serial numbers, there appears to be hu... | |
| McIntosh (MC601) amplifier overheating problem He bought them new from a McIntosh dealer, but they are out of warranty by 2.5 years. However, Ayre didn’t care if they were under warranty or not - they repaired them all regardless. In fact, there is a thread about all this on another forum wher... | |
| McIntosh (MC601) amplifier overheating problem McIntosh has finally arrived at a decision, after a month of back-and-forth, and it isn’t nearly as good as Ayre’s unconditional warranty for the same issue: they will only pay for parts in the form of built-up heatsinks. My buddy feels this is an... | |
| McIntosh (MC601) amplifier overheating problem Hey Jerry! Great to hear from you. I probably won't become a regular again (it seems little has changed around here lol) but it's nice to hear from you and the others that have messaged me directly.The 501s have different output devices, so you ... | |
| McIntosh (MC601) amplifier overheating problem Thanks guys for the feedback. Yes, Ayre did a great job taking care of this problem. Wonderful customer service. I am in the market for a VXR Twenty as a result!I've had 21 pieces of McIntosh and never had a problem, other than a cosmetic issue... | |
| McIntosh (MC601) amplifier overheating problem Clearthink - your input is still not relevant.Any McIntosh owners out there with overheating amplifiers? Thanks | |
| McIntosh (MC601) amplifier overheating problem Emails between me and McIntosh are obviously still ongoing. Now please go away, again.The point of the post was to ask if anyone else has had an overheating problem yet. Thanks to any who can offer relevant input. | |
| McIntosh (MC601) amplifier overheating problem Good grief, you again. If you have doubts about my understanding of McIntosh, I suggest you read the 1000+ posts of mine from 15 years ago. Until then, stop your useless assumptions.What I am presenting here is reality. As I've already stated, ... | |
| McIntosh (MC601) amplifier overheating problem McIntosh has gone silent in my attempts to get them to help! Ayre took back their amps, and even sent out an RMA for shipping them back (Charlie posted in another forum about it), whether they were under warranty or not. But McIntosh apparently ... | |
| McIntosh (MC601) amplifier overheating problem That's right. | |
| How much do I need to spend to get a preamp that sounds better than no preamp? My point was that one way or another, you do need gain, no matter what you want to call it, or which box you think it should be in, or not be in. Most amps have 2 or 3 stages of gain, even if you think there’s only one. Also, a volume control will... | |
| How much do I need to spend to get a preamp that sounds better than no preamp? Hi PhomchickIf you have enough gain, drive, and power bandwidth from one single amplifier stage, then that's great. Like I said, it's up to the human in the feedback loop to make the call.But to be fair, you most likely have more than one stage o... |