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| McCormack RLD-1 Platinum Edition: A nice surprise Hello Jeffrt -Mea Culpa - it's all my fault! I must apologize, but I have been so busy I still have not finished writing the RLD-1 upgrade literature. I promise to finish it shortly, and if you will send me an e-mail I will send the information di... | |
| Mccormack preamps Hello Rrekstad -The 3 preamps are quite different. The TLC-1 (Transparent Line Control) is a passive design with no gain. It includes both pure passive and buffered outputs, and the Tape Outputs are buffered. Although the passive system will opera... | |
| McCormack DNA 125 vs. DNA .5 Hi Eric -While you are waiting to see what owners have to say on the subject, keep in mind that you can run searches for these amps here on Audiogon, and that will give you quite a bit of background information. You also might want to vist the www... | |
| is the McCormack DNA 1 Deluxe the same as DNA 125? Hello again Fishcall -So, now you are asking the truly difficult questions! Yes, my amplifiers are detailed and revealing, and I believe them to be tonally neutral and transparent, as well. The real trick is to put all of these attributes together... | |
| is the McCormack DNA 1 Deluxe the same as DNA 125? Hello Fishcall -Thanks for your interest in my amplifiers. The DNA-1 was the first of the DNA series of amps. It went into production around '90 - '91 and was produced until 2000. The DNA-1 (at 185W per ch.) was followed by the DNA-0.5 at just ove... | |
| Pre-amp to combo with Mccormack DNA 0.5 Hello Jmabe -Just FYI - you absolutely can use both sets of passive and buffered outputs on the TLC-1 simultaneously with no problems of any kind. As Sfar points-out, using the passive output to drive your amp and the buffered output to drive a po... | |
| True Fully Balanced Amplifiers As Eldartford correctly pointed-out, any stereo amplifier operated in bridged-mono mode is a "fully balanced" amp. Therefore, the lowest-priced fully-balanced amp is the cheapest stereo amp you care to purchase...although this may not be the answe... | |
| Recommended preamp for McCormack DNA-125?? Hi Shane -I just want to add a comment about gain. It is true that my amp designs are a bit higher in gain than most (although I see a fair number of both tube and solid-state designs at around the same gain, or higher). This means that - if you p... | |
| Passive Bi-Amping with Different SS Amps Hello Daltonlanny -Kr4's answer is essentially correct - you need a way to turn-down the input level on the higher-gain amplifier to match the level from both amps. The gain difference is only 2dB, but this is still enough to throw-off the coheren... | |
| McCormack DNA-125/225 Upgrades Having read the various posts here, I felt I should weigh-in with a few comments of my own. First of all, the whole point of McCormack Audio is performance *value,* while my personal goals with SMc Audio are oriented more toward absolute performan... | |
| Mccormack DNA 2 vs DNA 225 Hello Ajpat -All my amplifier designs share the same pedigree, so there are inevitable similarities. The DNA-225 is a newer design, so it includes a variety of improvements developed since the DNA-2 was created. On the other hand, the DNA-2 is som... | |
| Speaker suggestion for McCormack DNA 225 DLX Hello Brquebral,I would like to point-out that I have designed my amplifiers to operate properly with the broadest-possible range of speakers, and your DNA-225 should do an excellent job with your Martin-Logans. Having said that, it is also fair t... | |
| What is the best amp for a Mod Squad Pre Amp Hello Teejay -I hope you enjoy your Line Drive and find a good amplifier match for it. When looking for appropriate amps, keep the following general recommendations in mind:1) Look for a fairly high input impedance - around 47Kohm or higher. Anyth... | |
| McCormack DNA amp options.... Hello friends -Maggieowner is correct - the Plitron toroid transformer upgrade is now available for the DNA-0.5. The cost is $450 when done as part of an upgrade. While this transformer makes a very nice improvement to the DNA-1, its effect on the... | |
| McCormack DNA-2 DLX balanced input impedance Hi Bundy -The amp should be off for this test. Set your multimeter to read resistance in Kohms, and set the range (if it is not an autoranging meter) to 20K or 200K full scale. The XLR connector should have the pins labeled on its face, but just i... |