2-Channel Solid State Amplifier
All pre-owned product is tested in our service department and have been passed for sale... and comes with a 90 day warranty!
In very nice condition. Note: a few small scratches on the side panels. Original box and packing are NOT included. LOCAL SALE ONLY! BUT ... Our McIntosh Shipping policy for products that have glass fronts that we do NOT have the original box and packing for: If you want us to ship this, call us and you can purchase for $100 plus shipping for the orignal box and packing that we will order on your behalf from McIntosh. This is the ONLY way we will ship this unit!
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200 Watts x 2 Channels, 600 Watts x 1 Channel - a powerhouse power amplifier!!
The techie stuff: From MAC: The MC 7200 stereo power amplifier is designed for reliability with ruggedness. The mechanical and electrical design i the result of the many year of engineering and manufacturing experience by the designer at McIntosh. This "know how", combined with meticulous attention to design and production detail , make the MC 7200 one of the fine the products produced by McIntosh Laboratory. Some manufacturer of power amplifier have claimed that their products do not use protection circuits and that such circuits compromise performance. It is indeed possible for such circuit to cause substantial amounts of distortion and undesirable listening effects which is true of almost any protective circuit design. The real genius of good design recognizes these problem and circumvents them while retaining the real merits of the protective circuit . Protection circuits designed to enhance performance are just one of the extra values you receive when you invest in Mclntosh equipment. It is precisely for this reason that it takes longer to complete a Mclntosh engineering design task. From such engineering dedication comes the McIntosh reputation for highest sound quality with greatest long term reliability.
The MC 7200 incorporates six protection circuit which insure its total reliability; ix protection circuits that protect the music and your listening, not interfere with them.
Here are the additional benefits of owning the MC 7200:
The output is no distortion-free that it defies measurement, even with the finest distortion analysis instrument . At mid frequencies , 8 ohm load, the distortion meter read the residual distortion of the oscillator (0.002%) with or without the MC 7200 in the circuit. This means the amplifier distortion is lower than the analyzer is capable of measuring.
Full power output capability is well above and below the frequencies that can be heard by humans. More than 42 amperes of peak output current is available to drive uneven speaker load . Poor speaker design have input impedance curves that dip to 1 or 2 ohms at various frequencies . The MC 7200 has the output current reserve to drive these speakers .
The McIntosh 50 ampere gold plated output terminals will deliver full output power to speaker wire from 18 GA to wire that is nearly 1/4 of an inch in diameter. Wire can be connected direct) without special lug or pin that can cause power loss .
Huge main filter capacitor guarantee the energy storage necessary for the wide dynamic range that digital audio demand and the amplifier's excellent signal to noise ratio.
The MC 7200 has a circuit that delays amplifier operation for about 2 seconds after turn on. This prevent unwanted noise generated in other equipment from causing annoying turn-on thump or from damaging your speaker .
Modern technology has made it possible to build preamplifier and amplifier with the high signal to noise ratio necessary to reproduce the sound quality prevent on compact discs Interconnecting cable can pick up electrical interference from other equipment or appliance which can depreciate the excellent dynamic of today' s equipment performance. The balanced inputs of the MC 7200 provide a minimum of 40d8 more protection against such noise pick-up.
Output power meters calibrated in watts, indicate the output power of each channel. The meters respond to the peak output of each channel. Ordinary meters lack the capability of indicating the short interval information in a sound wave. The mass of the meter movement is too great to respond to the nearly instantaneous changes in music program material.
Short interval information can have a duration as short as half a thousandth of a second. Ordinarily, a meter pointer moving over it scale in such a short time could not be seen. Mclntosh has developed circuit that drive the meters to respond to the short interval information in a sound wave to an accuracy of 90%. The electrical pulse that drives the meter pointer is time stretched so that the peak position of the pointer can register in the persistence of vision characteristic of the retina of the human eye.
