What was it like ?

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McIntosh lost its mojo in the 70s and 80s producing some mediocre sounding products. When they first started focusing on the gee-whiz back lit glass light show (like the C-26), the sound quality went down hill. Recently, however, they have reintroduced both tube amps and preamps and now make some serious high end products.

I think Mcintosh was in somekind of a struggle going from tubes to SS. In the late 80's they were building serious high end gear again, both Tube and SS. Today Mcintosh is back what it used to be, a world class product.

Thank you. I think you'll find there are indeed others who share you love of the history behind both audio and automobiles. The performance levels of neither pursuit, however, has stood still for the past several decades.

rw

I'm with you on that.

Keep them spinning,
Bert.