Last night was (dare I say it) magical.

yesterday we went to pick up my new integrated amp, after waiting (and working) one and a half month.

and I do have to say,

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those blue meters are even better than I imagined they would be




they're nice aren't they


more of them...









here it is at night, we played with lightning a little, it's impossible to photograph without the extra light...



that's it for now, next photos when the rack is finished (which might take a few weeks, it'll be pretty heavy constructed and completely veneered, that takes time)

so anyways, In case you hadn't noticed, I got a Mcintosh MA-6400 integrated amp.
I also upgraded my cables to Kimber 4VS.

and I love it! I love the look of it, the feel of it, the sound, everything!

It's a wonder, sound is amazing, it's much more life like, never harsh, never boring, it's perfect, I don't think I'll be needing a new amp for the next years, this thing is amazing!

It doesn't only look high end, it feels high end too actually, the front is glass, fully metal knobs, really well built.

It's really big too, and heavy! (it dwarfed my denon integrated in every possible way) inside there are pretty big heatsinks, a really big tranny and 2 huge 30.000 µF caps (60.000 µf alltogether, that's 12.000 µF more as a parasound halo A23 !) all high quality parts everywhere, drop dead georgeous looks (including the blue meters )

So I now officially belong to the Mcintosh family, I don't know how often it happens though that a 17 year old buys himself a Mac
it was the best 'birthday present' I could wish, as we picked it up at my birthday...
so I'm off now, gotta do some more listening

ow yeah, nearly forgot:

Happy B-day JRA!
have a great one!

Keep them spinning,
Bert.