Mcintosh mc 250 amp
The new wiring is still copper, but it's insulated with a far more durable synthetic material. The wire in the old transformers was made of lacquered copper, which tended to harden and become brittle. Much of that heft comes from the two output transformers, which are, with the exception of one quality, identical to the original's, even to the point of being wound on the same equipment at McIntosh's production facility in Binghamton, New York. Like the MC275 of yore, the current model is rated at 75Wpc (though McIntosh Labs' tech man, Chuck Hinton, says it can actually pump out 90Wpc), and it weighs the same 67 lbs. Looks, of course, can be deceiving or revealing in this case, they're a bit of both. The present version of the MC275 is its fifth incarnation, though it looks strikingly (and, for retro-cool's sake, deliberately) similar. To everyone's surprise, that edition sold well, and McIntosh, gingerly at first, crept back into the tube business. The MC275 briefly returned in 1993, in a limited "Commemorative" edition to honor the late Gordon Gow, longtime president and chief designer of McIntosh Labs. Introduced in 1961 as the "powerhouse" of that era's newfangled stereo tube amps ( two 75W amplifiers in one chassis!), the MC275 retained its position as the amplifier to ownchallenged only, perhaps, by Marantz and a few othersuntil 1970, when it fell prey to the widespread wisdom that transistors were king and tubes were dead, and the model was discontinued. These pieces have been checked out, tubes replaced, all repairs done and they are ready to be enjoyed, so contact us to learn more if you’re in Colfax, Roseville, Sacramento, or Rocklin, CA.It's been a while since I've had a classic amplifier in my system, and McIntosh Laboratory's MC275 is as classic as they come.