McIntosh Vintage Preamps

What are the great-sounding vintage McIntosh preamps? I know the tube units are highly collectible, but I am especially interested in the solid state for my son's starter system. Thanks.

kmccarty01-04-2010 4:06pm

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dave43 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 95 posts 01-04-2010 at 06:11pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete I'd agree with Stanwal and if you're going to stay with a McIntosh pre-amp, find a more recent C15 or C712. For a price range of around $800 or so, these are very nice sounding pre-amps for the money. Member Aball recommended these two and I've owned both over the years. Very nice sound.
jaybo Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 4,478 posts 01-04-2010 at 08:07pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete agree with Daves choices. nice phono stage too.
prcinka Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 364 posts 01-04-2010 at 08:32pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete agree, but if you really want, the C29 and C33 are the best from the "golden era" the C28 was the first to be considered, but it has some serious technical problems and parts are not readily available for these older units(C24,26,28)

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