I had a Mcintosh 7270 amp and hooked it up to a new Cary SLP98P preamp and it sounded great! I sold the Mac after 17 years and hooked up a Cary V12R amp to the Cary preamp and could not be happier. Rule of thumb, SS amp to tube preamp, no tube amp to SS preamp. All tubes is the best. I'd keep that Cary! My old preamp was a Carver C-1 and it sounded good with the Mac. I got rid of 6 signal processors because I no longer need them, and got an outboard Carver C-9 Sonic Hologram Generator.
Tube Pre-amp with SS AMP or stay all SS?
I have a pair of McIntosh MC501 SS amps which I previous used with a Cary SL98P tube pre-amp. I did very much like the combination but now thinking of upgrading to a McIntosh C500. I have heard the SS + SS combo but do not have opportunity to audition the C500 tube pre-amp + Mc501. Anyone have any opinions on this or direct experience? I am using a pair of Dynaudio Sapphires, with a McIntosh MCD500 front end.
Thanks in advance for all the feedback.
Thanks in advance for all the feedback.
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