Also meant your choice of listening material in digital form.
They seem to review well, very well.
yeah, i can’t really offer any meaningful conclusion based on hearing them in a busy room in a shit room, at a show. sounds like the phono stage is a complete afterthought though. Why do they bother, at this level, it either needs to be good, or not at all. Save the money on the components
For the sort of lifestyle user who mostly streams but has a turntable like, say, a Planar 1 for their 2 or 3 “vinyls”.
I can’t imagine that person spending £3000 on a pre and power setup though! Can you?
The cost of the components either necessitates a better phono stage, or its exclusion from the design
I can.
yes, but then you’d probably want a better phono stage, so it becomes circular. I just don’t think anyone buying this will find the phono stage acceptable, certainly not for MC. So why bother putting it in there. Cheapens the offering for me, and is a bit of an insult to the legacy of the 33.
I posted this like 4 posts up
Yep but mine has a nice picture
Nope, it sounded good and looked the shit
edit: reassuringly chonky too
The MM phono appears to sound decent and there are some decent MM carts about, for sure. I think it will do well, even among jaded Audiofools.
Just leave this here -
I think that’s the reality is that it’s about matching. I always found big tannoys (and to some extent kef ls50) a little recessed and warm in the presence region, and I suspect mcintosh sound would wake that up. I understand why it’s a common pairing.
I’d like to have tried my 2275 on my old tannoy turnberry
You really should write for 6Moons.