There's a C2200 up for auction on E-Bay. I was thinking about replacing the front two channels of my MX-121 so that I'd have an "all tube" path from my phono (MT-5 with MT-10 cartridge feeding a vacuum tube McIntosh MP-1100 phono preamp) to my MC-275 (in stereo mode) amp. Forgive me for not being a "purist", but I enjoy the sound of vacuum tubes (I've had Citation I, II, and III, Dynaco PAS-3 and Stereo 70, and Marantz 7C, 9, and 10B's in the past).
I've researched it here on AudioKarma but I'm still "on-the-fence" in terms of buying it. Can anyone here who owns one describe the pros and cons of the C2200? Have you had any service problems with it? Does it have the "vacuum tube sound" that I'm looking for? Remember, I will not be using the phono section, but simply feeding the balanced output of the MP-1100 into one of the high-level inputs on the C2200.
Are there particular advantages that the later models have (C2300, C2500) would have? I do want to keep my cash outlay below $4500.
Any comments that you can give, pro or con would be helpful Thanks in advance....
I've researched it here on AudioKarma but I'm still "on-the-fence" in terms of buying it. Can anyone here who owns one describe the pros and cons of the C2200? Have you had any service problems with it? Does it have the "vacuum tube sound" that I'm looking for? Remember, I will not be using the phono section, but simply feeding the balanced output of the MP-1100 into one of the high-level inputs on the C2200.
Are there particular advantages that the later models have (C2300, C2500) would have? I do want to keep my cash outlay below $4500.
Any comments that you can give, pro or con would be helpful Thanks in advance....