So, some of you may remember this thread:
Where my Dad got back into the audio game after I got my kit together. He wanted McIntosh and pulled the trigger on a MA6900.
Well, this weekend I had to go back to the dealer to see if they could do anything with the dead left-channel of my Rotel RB1080. Dad went with me and right before we left a pair of old McIntosh MC250 SS amps, from the late 60s, caught his attention. Next thing I know (with a little prodding from me) he purchased both the amps and an old McIntosh preamp as a secondary system.
The owner of the store was unloading the vintage McInosh stuff from his personal collection, so it was in mint condition. Side note - the owner has an entire McIntosh home theater with about 6,000 watts of power. Yikes.
I'm pretty excited for the oldman. I think he'll enjoy it as a second system. He plans to run the MC250s as monoblocks, but he still needs to purchase a set of speakers. I think he might make it a vinyl only system.
Anyone else had experience with these amps? Any suggestions on a nice, affordable set of bookshelf speakers to pair w/ the amps?
Where my Dad got back into the audio game after I got my kit together. He wanted McIntosh and pulled the trigger on a MA6900.
Well, this weekend I had to go back to the dealer to see if they could do anything with the dead left-channel of my Rotel RB1080. Dad went with me and right before we left a pair of old McIntosh MC250 SS amps, from the late 60s, caught his attention. Next thing I know (with a little prodding from me) he purchased both the amps and an old McIntosh preamp as a secondary system.
The owner of the store was unloading the vintage McInosh stuff from his personal collection, so it was in mint condition. Side note - the owner has an entire McIntosh home theater with about 6,000 watts of power. Yikes.
I'm pretty excited for the oldman. I think he'll enjoy it as a second system. He plans to run the MC250s as monoblocks, but he still needs to purchase a set of speakers. I think he might make it a vinyl only system.
Anyone else had experience with these amps? Any suggestions on a nice, affordable set of bookshelf speakers to pair w/ the amps?
