LiquidNY Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 This McIntosh integrated amp looks pretty awesome: https://www.mcintoshlabs.com/products/integrated-amplifiers/MA252 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sneakeater Posted September 23, 2021 Author Share Posted September 23, 2021 Um yeah. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sneakeater Posted September 23, 2021 Author Share Posted September 23, 2021 Although I'm so in love with my current (integrated) amp that I just would tell everybody to get it. (Not that I'd ever advise anyone to avoid McIntosh ever.) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sneakeater Posted September 24, 2021 Author Share Posted September 24, 2021 Here's the review that I think best captures what I love about my amp (remembering that the extra power in the "400" model I have over the "300" reviewed here obviates some of the concerns stated) (and emphasizing that the models below the "300" level lack some crucially important features): https://www.avforums.com/reviews/primaluna-evo-300-integrated-valve-amplifier-review.18785 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LiquidNY Posted September 24, 2021 Share Posted September 24, 2021 Good review. What are you using for the phono stage? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sneakeater Posted September 24, 2021 Author Share Posted September 24, 2021 I got the phono stage they'll build into it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sneakeater Posted September 24, 2021 Author Share Posted September 24, 2021 I guess "attach to the bottom of it" is more accurate. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sneakeater Posted September 25, 2021 Author Share Posted September 25, 2021 I am SO dying to hear how those 705 Signatures sound. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sneakeater Posted September 25, 2021 Author Share Posted September 25, 2021 While we're review-mongering, this is probably the most famous review of my amp (and the one that excited me to check it out in the first place): https://primaluna.files.wordpress.com/2020/05/primaluna_evo400_me2-2020_engels_compressed.pdf (I think it's a little too "touty" -- the Dutch author is clearly looking to support Dutch products -- if you know what I mean) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sneakeater Posted September 25, 2021 Author Share Posted September 25, 2021 But I’m the same. Not that they need me, but I “support” McIntosh cuz it’s designed and manufactured in the dead rust belt city where I spent the four happiest years of my life (peaking between ages 18 and 22 is majorly pathetic). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sneakeater Posted November 17, 2021 Author Share Posted November 17, 2021 I see that PrimaLuna has now also generated a hybrid. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sneakeater Posted December 7, 2021 Author Share Posted December 7, 2021 This is really a drunkpost, so probably best disregarded. But I just want to say that, in terms of life-enhancement, the money I spent on this amp was probably the best consumer money I've ever spent on anything. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sneakeater Posted March 24 Author Share Posted March 24 Liquid, if you're still reading this and still in the market for a hybrid amp, see this: https://primaluna.files.wordpress.com/2022/03/tas300hdolsher.pdf Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sneakeater Posted April 27 Author Share Posted April 27 I just stumbled upon the little-known fact that John Kay wrote "Magic Carpet Ride" about a new amp he'd just gotten that he really liked. I know the feeling. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sneakeater Posted June 3 Author Share Posted June 3 Of course, if any of my tubes give out now, we're in the middle of an international supply crisis (and good: I'm not inclined to buy Russian products right now). YIKES. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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