Best Mcintosh solid-state amp 200-300 watts?

well im gonna step out on a limb here & go against the grain,out of all the amps mentioned here in the wattage range your asking about i like the mc7106,300x3 @ 8 ohms, no autoformers.

the 7106 blew away my mc300 & wasnt that far off from performing as well as my mc252,the mc7104 is also a fantastic sounding amp with 200x2 @ 8 ohms.

for the price they sell for used you cant touch another 300 watt mac amp & they perform as good or better that the 2 channel amps.

aside from the mc1201's that im running right now the mc500 was my next favorite mac amp.

I had 7200;7270;MC-300;MC-352;MC-402 in my system.MC-402 was the best on all respects.352 pretty close to 402.The worst sounding amp from this group was MC-300.

Wasn't the 7106 a 6-channel amp, to go with the MX-130?
And the 7104 a 4-channel Amp? I think so. mark

hi mark,your correct on both amp's.

the mc7106 is a 6 channel amp that is rated at 100wpc @ 4 ohms with all 6 channels driven & the mc7104 is a 4 channel 100 wpc channel amp that is rated at 100 wpc @ 4 ohms with all 4 channels driven.

when you bridge the 7106 you get 300 wpc @ 8 oms in 3 channels & bridging the 7104 brings the power up to 200 wpc @ 8 ohms in 2 channels.

i loved both of those amps in bridged mono & im currently looking for another mc7106 or 7104 to replace the one's i foolishly sold.

Zikhmark, Thanks for your post and opinion of the various Mac amps you have owned. I had the 7200,7270 and MC-300 on a short list last year when I finally bought the MC-202 amp. I'm glad to have made the jump to the MC-402. It's interesting to note that of these 5 amps, in your opinion, the MC-402 came out on top. If I had bought the MC-252, I most likely would have loved it, but would have always wondered how much better the MC-402 would sound.