I have owned many McCormack amps over the years. I had an original DNA-1, a pair of DNA- deluxe monoblocks, a DNA-2, and a DNA-1 Gold revision. If you are staying in the SS camp, McCormack amps are about as good as anything out there that is comparably priced. I would vote for sending it back for the upgrade.
McCormack dna-1 upgrade or no
I have a McCormack dna-1 with a older gold rev a mod to it and I was thinking about sending it back to McCormack for another upgrade.From what I understand the next step would be around 2500.Should I do the upgrade or sell the dna-1 take the money from that and the 2500 and upgrade to either a new or used amp?
I use Nht 2.9 speakers Btw.Thanks Bob
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I don't know... putting another $2,500 in an already upgraded amp that is around 25 years old probably won't get you much more. I vote for selling the amp, using the $2,500 and get something newer. After all this hobby is fun if you change things up every once in a while. I also owned a DNA .5 Rev A gold or something like that. The improvement was OK, but I eventually changed amps. |
Care to share more..., what did you change to that you like better now? |
@koestner Not sure I agree. Many people here who’ve done Steve’s latest upgrades have been very happy and I’m sure they compete with the best amps out there. My quandary, because I have a busted 0.5 Rev A from the late 1990s, is whether to upgrade or go for something like a GaN amp from AGD, Underwood, or Atmasphere. That’s honestly a tough question for me right now. I’ll say this though, you should check if the input board has the same known problem as my 0.5 and if so if it’s been replaced with your upgrade. If not it’ll obviously be replaced with any upgrade, but if you sell your amp that has that input board problem it might be a problem because it’s a fatal failure and can’t be fixed without a major overhaul. |
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