Upgrade McCormack or...

DNA -750 owner!

 Proud and love them.
they are my grail, and I will upgrade when the time calls, I still have many more years of listening.

stay healthy all!

@cheeg.

This is your call.

You can spend a lot more money, or talk to Patrick, and tell him the sound you want, they will pretty much voice, and give you the sound your looking for, unlike mnay others who either are voiced to their house sound or a straight wire amp, which don’t sound like you want.

as,mentioned here, when Steve and Pat upgrade, the amp is %80-90 gutted and all new high quality stuff is used!

tough call, if me, I would call and talk to Pat or Steve himself, and really listen to what they will do for you!


my ONLY issue w McCormack is I would drive to commiefornia, or Seattle, or where ever their located at, as I will never ship another amp again.

just my .002

i will be driving to Indianapolis soon, to pick up my other mono blocks.

Thanks to all for the recent responses to my August post.  Following up, I decided to bite the bullet in October, and sent my amp in for an upgrade.  Patrick was extremely sensitive to my cost issues, and only recommended special additions when he was certain they would help my present setup and future expectations.  I drove away last week with a Gold Plus upgrade, including Steve's new Gravity Base Junior; it sounds amazing -- now I just need to think about what goes next (and when I can afford it)!

Congrats @cheeg!  Could you share what upgrades were done (or if they’re listed somewhere already), the cost, and what improvements you experienced?  I’m leaning heavily toward doing the upgrades myself and would be very interested in your thoughts.  Thanks!

 Thanks @soix!  Patrick and I eventuality decided that the best package for my system and budget was: Gold Special upgrade, IXYS bridge rectifiers, Jupiter bypass complement (capacitors), Gravity Base Junior upgrade and Furutech Orange input fuse. I don’t want to get into the cost, but suffice to say I thought it was very fair considering how much work went into it. The most obvious improvements are noise and clarity — the phrase you often hear about a”veil being lifted” describes it well. When I’m listening to a well recorded guitar or piano piece, it’s as though the instrument is in the room with me. Soundstage is excellent too, although it was excellent before. Hope that helps — good luck with your upgrade!