All About vintage pro audio
Denon isn’t bad, but NAD is a bit better. Denon was marketed by name, its still good, but it’s name outweighs its distinction, much like Mark Levinson. It’s good, but not that good.
Pass Labs is quite good. Take a look at Jeff Roland, Perreaux, Conrad-Johnson, McCormack and Plinius, which are all very high end stuff with looks and a big sticker price, but exquisitely clean sound and striking power.
Krell has nice looking units but I think they are just WAY over priced, I believe Pass Labs is more in the affordable range & have high reviews as well as Music Fidelity.
,,thanks for the info, the truth be known, I’ve never had the pleasure to audition those super high dollar goodies because a lack of good retailers around me & 150 miles from any good dealers, however I do own NAD & I can attest it sounds so good, vivid compared to my old Yamaha, Denon stuff I use to own.
Incidentally, you might want to check with Krell directly before purchasing any equipment from them, they just had a recall of their line of 4 of their finest series of amplifiers, the KAV models 250Aa 250a3, 500i and1500
Hi-Quality? LOL!
And Balanced Audio, meh. It’s the difference between a 1959 Les Paul and a PRS, we have both. No comparison.
Yeah, they’re nice, but they don’t deliver. It’s funny how you name Krell, sold one on Ebay a few years ago, sounds like crap compared to the Mc. Nothing compares. You’re attempting to compare a Bosendorfer Concert Grand Piano to a Kurzweil Electronic 88 key keyboard. The Kurzweil is very clean, but has no real punch. Taste is unique. Some people like Fillet rare, others prefer New York Strip medium well. We go our separate ways.
,,what about “Balanced Audio”, or “Krell” or the other $20,000 dollar amps ?,,lol
Yes, but only on their receivers. Their stand alone amplifiers require a preamp to adjust tone and balance etc.
LOL! If you go to Ebay you can buy one in good condition for about $1,300 with shipping, the best amplifiers in the world, bar none.
How much do you want for that old piece of ****? I’ll take it off your hands.
I remember very well a high end stereo dealer that had Bozak Concert Grands built in the wall. There were 8 12 ” woofers. They played all music very well, but what I remember most was the Wurlitzer pipe organ that pulsated the floors and walls . It sounded like you were in a cathedral.
I love classic McIntosh gear. Their 30 year old amps are some of the best sounding solid sate gear from that era.
What class of amp is this? Class AB, Class D???
Great solid state Mac amp from the 1967-68 era, rated at 105 watts rms/channel into 8 ohms with no more than 0.2% T.H.D. if I remember the specs right?, it has been many years since I looked at the specs, all in all a great conservatively rated amp!!…Lloyd.
definitely. check out their pre-amps or integrated units. this is a power amp only.
Does McIntosh make any units with bass & treble controls ?
R.T. BOZAK, The very best in music and voice. number one
Il est très beau et musical le Mcintosh Mc 2105 a un look indémodable avec ces yeux bleus et sa face en verre une qualité très proche des amplis a tubes .
I hope you have not put your McIntosh on top of a working speaker. If you have, you should remove it from there or you will create a dry-solder park very soon.
Okay I feel dumb. We had both Rotel RMB 100 and Parasound HCA-1201a. It was the Parasound. Either way they are both nice 
Rotel monoblocks my bad.
Makes me miss the mcintosh we had. It was my dad’s but we had it (preamp) with some Heil ESS and parasound mono blocks. 
I miss that - nothing he did sounded as good as that setup.
Nice amp ! What speakers are you using ?
Ohh god… that amp deserves better music.