For all you McIntosh fans

I love my MA6500 and that's all I have to say about that!!

The only time I was getting comments from the house guests about my stereo was when I had MacIntosh SACD player on the rack! Once upgraded to Wadia, its back to "normal", just a background music :-(   When not using Pono or iPod, MacIntosh player for iPhone (freebie from iTunes) reminds me of its beauty! 

I have vintage tung Sol 6550 with Telefunken smooth plate 12ax7 and rca triple mica 12at7.

tzh21y,You do have some nice tubes. Had a pair of 275s back in the day, far enough back that "vintage" tubes were almost current production. MC 60s are all I need now, with ZU Def 4s they are overkill. There are some supposedly NOS Tung Sols up now but too pricey for me. Since I don't really need max power I use Sylvania 5751s in place of the 12 AX7s. Probably set for the long haul as well. I don't need more power, bass is really good, otherworldly to be honest, and resolution is dramatically good for my tastes.
Mac stuff sounds great. Have been using it in one form or another for 40+ years.