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  1. Velocityboat

    MC2.1KW 75th Anniversary

    The MC2500 manual says to get full capable power use a 25 amp connection. But that is likely neede for an industrial shaker table.
  2. Velocityboat

    MC2.1KW 75th Anniversary

    Supposedly smaller caps in large banks are faster than several larger capacitors. The fewer the caps the better overall reliability. Thus I can see McIntosh using 8 large capacitors versus 100s in other designs.
  3. Velocityboat

    MC2.1KW 75th Anniversary

    Yes you add them up 536,000 micro Farad of per amp or 1,072,000 more than Gryphon Apex 1,040,000 μF capacitor banks (>Farad/pair).
  4. Velocityboat

    New ML-1 MK2

    Its also good to see a real 12 inch woofers and someone building something other than 6.5 or 8 inch ported bass again.
  5. Velocityboat

    New ML-1 MK2

    A nice retro tribute product to Roger Russell https://www.mcintoshlabs.com/products/speakers/ML1 I only wonder when MK2 of XR series roll out. Not that Zi need another pair. But.
  6. Velocityboat

    Recommended McIntosh equipment and experience

    Go with something you can bridge or big McIntosh monoblocks. I own a pair of MC2500s they’re are good in stereo mode but bridged even better. I also have MC1000’s and MC1.25KWs monoblocks. The 1.25KWs are the standard for transparency and you don’t have to power them up and wait 45 minutes for...
  7. Velocityboat

    MC451 half of a MC901

    Another dual mono crossover amp tubes 150W and solid state 300 watts 14k.
  8. Velocityboat

    McIntosh MC462 or McIntosh MC-1000 or McIntosh MC-601

    My vote is MC1000. They are quite close to MC1.25KW in sound. The 1000 were first quad balanced. My pair were recapped and sitting idle after buying the 1.25KW. They need about 30 min to come to thermal equilibrium and can do 160 amps of high current. One thing they need is vibration isolation...
  9. Velocityboat

    MC2600 - Headed to the Dr ...

    You’re going to love the bass dynamics you didn’t know you were missing with the new filter caps. Interesting how the comparison to MC2500 s will differ after the tune ups?
  10. Velocityboat

    MC2600 - Headed to the Dr ...

    Yeah I figured the 2600 and 1000 are near same age. Makes sense.
  11. Velocityboat

    McIntosh XR-7 speakers

    I have a mint MQ-107 being unused and a full capacitor kit. I would recommend a McIntosh amp with power guard if your running anything less than 300 wpc. if you did not know the XR7 top comes off and you can stack two of them for a tower just as a XR5.
  12. Velocityboat

    MC2600 - Headed to the Dr ...

    Sa Save yourself trouble and give him both units so one is not lagging the other in output. I did that with my MC1000s. They both had same leaking electrolytics. The tech was happy to be able to have both. But final bill was 2.4k dollars. But well worth it.
  13. Velocityboat

    Need Service Tech in Texas Recommendations

    Talk to Les at Fort Worth Audio. Otis is great too. Les has recapped MC1000s and freshened up a MC2500. Also fixed a Yamaha Pro Amp. Otis went through an MC7106 for me.
  14. Velocityboat

    Perfect match for MC1.25kw?

    I just replaced my MC1000s with MC1.25KW. I run McIntosh XR290s those are impossible to find. They sound great with current McIntosh line arrays too. The Sonus Faber Aida 2 sounds similar to me but have only heard that at a dealer. I do recommend Biwire or Triwire speaker cables to lose...
  15. Velocityboat

    Using HDMI surround sound with vintage gear

    I started with a MAC3. Still have a MC7106 use MX150
  16. Velocityboat

    MX-150 shows "McIntosh MX-150" screen and standby lights flashing.

    Some powercords the C15 iec fits loosely. If the unplug hard reset doesn’t work try a tighter fitting powercord or wrap teflon plumbing tape to snug it up and make sure plug is fully seated. After the 5 minute unplug replug and red light is on switch on power after comes up. Switch back off...
  17. Velocityboat

    MC1.25KWs vs MC1000s on XR290

    the MC1000 are Quad Balanced they originally called them something else but circuit topology is similar. Yes I have a found that That sound better warmed up. The XR290 is rated to 1200 WPC continuous. The MC1000s has no issue hitting near 2 KW peaks with 2.1 dB headroom and no power guard...
  18. Velocityboat

    MC1.25KWs vs MC1000s on XR290

    Lol. Following your exploits made me go down this road. One I don’t regret. I will likely sell all four amps. But you never know. The big box in the middle Is a PS audio P20 Power Regenerator. It converts the distorted flat top 60 Hz AC power on a dedicated 20 amp line to DC power. Then back to...
  19. Velocityboat

    MC1.25KWs vs MC1000s on XR290

    I found a pair of ten hour total MC1.25KWs in driving distance in Austin for a superb deal. A Radiologist who bought on a whim and no time to use them and changing houses. iI had heard good and bad about 1.25KW and had some decent and some lack luster audio store auditions. But at the price I...
  20. Velocityboat

    The new Mac HT system core steps out (MC255 and MX151)

    @twiiii postings of MX151 convinced me to pick up a used MX150 an even bigger bargain since it only requires firmware to be a MX151. I used RoomPerfect prior on 2 channel but the programing flexibility and the PC app McIntosh provided gave it more abilities to tailor to my needs both 2 channel...
  21. Velocityboat

    Ultimate Advice MC2300/MC2500/MC2600

    The MC2500s are still in my home office with the C39 and XR5s they will move to the horse Ranch property when we stop running the Air BnB. The yamaha pro amp is doing 901 duty again my XRT20s are on my Lyngdorf TDAI2200 now since it fit on a dresser and does well. But the MC2500s were better...
  22. Velocityboat

    New Speakers! Very controversial ...

    Yes. Tulips were extra
  23. Velocityboat

    New Speakers! Very controversial ...

    When I purchased a set of Vi used they were available for 2100 factory order still in black or walnut. The tulips were an extra 400. I chatted with a guy who modded his equalizers by swapping in audiophile Capacitors. He claimed it takes the sound to another level. I have toyed with that...
  24. Velocityboat

    New Speakers! Very controversial ...

    Yeah full range driver and no crossover makes vocals great. Like Rogers IDS-25 in some respect. The floor and ceiling bounce from sitting closer to middle height kill 3D so Tulip stands help as does bringing further out in room. I actually got mine to image in that big room. They sounded way...
  25. Velocityboat

    New Speakers! Very controversial ...

    When in the house you are surrounded by horsepower. With four hooves and a mane sorry no overpowered and tricked out audio system Mustangs like you drive. Here’s the walk to the mailbox in the morning.
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