mcintosh mc240 review from 1961

radioactive

tube gear fanatic

• Mar 17, 2006

• #1

heres a repost of review of the mc240 since the original attachments have been lost in the previous posting of it .

 

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spkrman57

wrongsideofthetracks

• Mar 18, 2006

• #2

Nice post! Thanks for sharing!

My unit still sounds good even with 40 yr old caps inside.

I will let Terry work on it one of these days when the $$$ permits though to get it to top specs again.

Ron

 

Tangent

Sweet nightmares!

• Mar 21, 2006

• #3

Cool! Thanks!

 

skippy_ps

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• Mar 21, 2006

• #4

Chris - thanks for posting this again.

Murray

 

jim777

Just another McGeek

• Mar 21, 2006

• #5

Nice!

just for fun - this 1961 288$ amp would cost about 1850$ in 2006 dollars

 

radioactive

tube gear fanatic

• Dec 20, 2025

• #6

Well after almost 20 years since posting this I finally got myself a mc240..It will go good with my mr71 tuner.

 

radioactive

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• Dec 20, 2025

• #7

 

radioactive

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• Dec 20, 2025

• #8

Front shot.

 

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x3workshop

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• Dec 21, 2025

• #9

Very nice early version!

 

SaturationPt

Big Woofer Club

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• Dec 21, 2025

• #10

Probably the nicest original early MC240 I’ve ever seen in pictures.

 

radioactive

tube gear fanatic

• Dec 21, 2025

• #11

Thanks @SaturationPt and @x3workshop I will be creating a post on it later.

 

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Paul K

Active Member

• Dec 22, 2025

• #12

Interesting how they advocated using the 125V tap to save component life even when the voltages were probably 117VAC or slightly under. They only seemed to be against it if the wall voltages were 110VAC or less....then it was recommended to use the 117V tap.