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Power amp to pair with McIntosh C-28?

Anyone have a suggestion of a good power amp to pair with a McIntosh C-28? I just picked up the C-28 at a great price and I'm excited to play around with it. I have a line on a Hafler XL-280 power amp, but I've found it hard to gather info on this power amp. Does anyone have any thoughts?

I'm driving a pair of Vienna Acoustics Bach Grand speakers and play mostly cds with a Rotel 1072 cd player and the occasional record on a Rega P1 table.

Any thoughts on the Hafler or suggestions of other power amps would be welcome.
pursewarden
bondmanp
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Don't know much about the Hafler, but be carefukl with very old amplifiers. Capacitors can leak and fail over time. What's your budget?

FWIW, I am running my McIntosh C220 preamp into an Odyssey Audio Stratos HT3 (with cap upgrade) with excellent results.
tzh21y
1,654 posts
 
mc275 amplifier
singleendedsingle
664 posts
 
The C28 is a classic amp, be sure to have it serviced if you dont want to have lots of noise on it.
It could be a good match with the Mcintosh MC2300.
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