Selling a Macintosh Amplier MC-352


My audiophile husband died last year. Now the audio system he lovingly crafted and tweaked over a number of years is in the hands of a terrible mother who has no idea what to do with it. He'd be horrified, but I just want something simple to use that I can control via my computer. He was an enthusiastic user of Audiogon, so I'm coming to those of you in "The Club" with the hope that you can help me figure out what to keep and what to pass along to someone who will appreciate it better than I can.

My first question is about the amp and preamp. The amp is a Macintosh MC-352. The preamp is a Macintosh C2200 Tube Preamp. (He also has a Macintosh MCD 205 compact disk changer, but my question is really about the amps.)  Sonos tells me that I can plug my turntable WITH a preamp into the Sonos device. (The CAPS are mine, for emphasis.) What I don't understand is whether this means I can use the preamp I have, or if I have to have a turntable that has a built-in preamp (not even sure if there is such a thing). Do I need to keep my preamp?

The second question is about the amp MC-352. I notice that there are none for sale on Audiogone. I don't know if that's because there's no real market for them, or if it's simply rare to see them for sale. I do find a price in the Bluebook for them.  So, is there a market for the MC-352?

Can any of you help?

Elise
emham

Hi Elise,

If SONOS doesn't provide phono stage, you will have to use your preamp.  Turntable -> C2200 Preamp -> Sonos

How old is the MC352?  There is one for sale in Audigon.

I am actually looking for one (depends on the price).

Hmmm. The first thing I did was to look to see if I could find any on sale at Audiogon. Couldn't find it with any combo of the search-words Macintosh/MC352 and variations. But it could be the way I'm searching. 

I have no idea how old the MC352 is. Tom kept tweaking his system, so bought various pieces as he upgraded. But we moved from Chicago to Palm Springs in 2012 and quite sure it was one of the components that came with us rather than it being bought after we moved here. I could pull everything out (it's racked) to find the serial number if that would tell you anything. Bluebook says $3500. I haven't listed it yet.

Thank you for the response about SONOS. Not sure what a "phono stage" is. However, I think I went down a rabbit hole. The message I got from SONOS that started me asking the question was, I just realized, about the SONOS:5. I have the SONOS ONE. I just went to look at the speaker to find the "line-in port" it referred to and found nothing. So I looked back at the email and noticed that it referred to the SONOS:5. It didn't occur to me that it didn't mean all SONOS devices. (I have much to learn about this stuff, it would seem.)
Elise, sorry to hear about your husband. The 352 is a very sought after amp. Call Audio classics in Ny . They are the Mac knowledge center.