This thread is super old, but if anyone comes back now and reads it, I've heard both McIntosh and Conrad Johnson preamps back to back with multiple different models. Both times the Conrad Johnson preamp was far better, thicker ,warmer, and overall the bandwidth of sound sounded wider. The McIntosh just sound like they miss a lot of information in the song, by comparison. I'm very lucky to own a PV-2 and Mc240 after listening to lots of different pre and power amps and am happy with both. Mesa Boogie power amps are also fantastic, especially for the money. If you replace the fan with a silent fan and put hifi tubes in them, they sound just as good as McIntosh and better than Naim, IMO.
Should I replace my Conrad Johnson PV-2 with a McIntosh C-28
Have a chance to buy a Mcintosh C-28 preamp at a good price in excellent condition. Current set up is Conrad Johnson PV-2 to go with two McIntosh MC2100 as monoblocks driving a pair of Dahlquist dq-10 and a McIntosh MC2105 driving two JBL L100s. Play mostly vinyl. Like tubes better, but I will admit it - I am a sucker for the look of the Mcintosh.
Wondering if anyone out there thinks the C-28 is an upgrade over PV-2? (dont want to buy it just to try it). My heart says YES, but my head tells me it will be another piece of gear in my current graveyard of unused gear and I will go back to the CJ.
Wondering if anyone out there thinks the C-28 is an upgrade over PV-2? (dont want to buy it just to try it). My heart says YES, but my head tells me it will be another piece of gear in my current graveyard of unused gear and I will go back to the CJ.
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