McIntosh MC2105 Amplifiers
McIntosh MC2105 Amplifiers
USER REVIEWS
[May 25, 2018]
JuliB
Strength:
Great amp. Smooth with plenty of power for my Magnepans. Weakness:
Need a simple adapter that goes from spade to banana plug to use good cables. Amazon has them. 1/4 inch spade. Price Paid: 611.00
Purchased: Used
Model Year: 1978
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[Apr 23, 2018]
dougw
Strength:
Sound is wonderful, well balanced. Weakness:
The speaker cables connectors and very small, hard to pit large cable in place. I am looking for options. If anyone has suggestions please share. Purchased: Used
Model Year: 1973
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[Jul 03, 2016]
doj
Audio Enthusiast
This is my first Mcintosh and can't stop loving it.
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[Dec 04, 2014]
Allan Gregg
Casual Listener
In 1976 I acquired a used 2105 and C-28 for $950.00 plus tax from a small shop in Indianapolis. A 2105 on eBay in 2014 Dec reveals typical issues with vintage amps: "it blew a resistor a day later. I took the stereo to a repair shop and they said it has bad capacitors and a resistor. The repairman said there was NO problem with the 2 LARGE capacitors. They replaced the resistor, but not the capacitors"
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[Jun 12, 2010]
Roni Solomon DDS
Audio Enthusiast
For years I have tried to get my hands on one of these for cheap. I would read stories on message boards of people buying McIntosh gear at estate sales for $20 a pop, or finding them on the side of the road in perfect condition. About a month ago I found a MC2105 that was "immaculate, stored for 30 years." I bought it for a song and brought it to a technician to have a look at it. Cosmetically, yes, it was immaculate, but it did have some electronic issues.
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[Mar 31, 2009]
carl
Audio Enthusiast
i have had my mcintosh 2105 for more tha two years, absolute heaven, using it with mc7007 cd player, c34 preamp. cant beat the sound, i have had em all. as for one guy here who suggest using this amp with speakers 94 dcbl or lesss. get a life, i am using them with klipschorns, 104 dcbls at one watt. again absolute heaven. so for the guy who said this, get some real speakers before you knock maqc equipment................... |
[Nov 22, 2008]
fde
AudioPhile
Strength:
very good reserve of power on all louspeaker. very solid constuction, very musical….
Weakness:
none.....very heavy very very good, in any style of music.
Similar Products Used: other mcintosh, krell, accuphase,mark levinson, citation 16, phase linear, musical fidelity, quad.......
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[Jun 17, 2008]
Isar
AudioPhile
Strength:
Looks good, absoultely facinating.
Weakness:
The acrilyic front panel is not made to last long, thats a flaw.
I bought the Mcintosh MC2105 power amp and the C28 Pre amp from a dealer in Mumbai-India, last month. I realised immediately that this will not sound good but also looks fantastic. Unfortunately when I thought they would drive my Infinity Ref 2.5 vintage speakers, I was in for a shock, they were sounding awful. Then I decided to plug in my JBL 4311B control monitor speakers. That was it. They both sounded heavenly. I was very jubiliant. I had never heard a better sound before. Similar Products Used: yamaha dsp 2070, nakamichi stasis pa5, HK 6600, rogers tube amp(vintage), SAE |
[Apr 12, 2007]
muziekfreak
Audio Enthusiast
Strength:
Musical sound, that ive never heard before. Solid build heavy, autoformers..just a nice solid amp that can last for years an years to come.
Weakness:
CRITICAL ! Specially what kind of speakers...
Well what can is say, its a very strange amp! Not only because of the retro looks (It's from like 1969) Ik love the looks after a few days of adjusting to it offcourse.
Similar Products Used: To much to right down.... |
[Apr 04, 2005]
r111111x
Audio Enthusiast
Strength:
All, Sound stage, sweetness,power, respect of the true source reproduction,Surprisingly valve like sounding,High quality components, Build to last for last, emotional and moving midrange, ease, to use, Deserves respect from audio community
Weakness:
None We people, most of us think that GOD will come from the sky while we are forgetting that HE is here within us in our every day life and steps. We just have to search and identify HIM. I spent the last 20 years accumulating audio gears of all sorts and prices. Vintage to modern and just realise that what I have been running after is just there and it is just a matter of identifying him. Yes “him” because the MC2105 amplifier sounds just like the sweet voice of your most desired woman inviting you for the first time in her bed covered with silk bed sheet. A very experienced electronic engineer told me one day that audio gears of nowadays are just build to attract mainly by appearance, than the sweat, love and passion most audio designer put in the project of elaborating decent and close to natural sounding audio gears over the first half of the 20th century. Well I agree with him in the common sense that I have spent over a year income on audio gears and surprisingly delighted by some even never reviewed because they were ignored, or because they are not from High street famous names. Have a Baldwin type AD organ quad 6L6 vintage tone cabinet amplifier driven by a decent preamp and compare its sound reproduction with an aluminium face plated 3 figure worth modern amplifier and post your listening feelings. It’s until 8 weeks ago, I got a call from(now) a good friend in Canada. H e desperately wanted my HH SCOOT Stereomaster 380 unsold on Ebay and offered me a trade deal. A McIntosh MC2105 and MX113 preamp serviced to new. I will pass the details of our arrangement. Six weeks later, I went to collect them at Heathrow cargo (UK). US$600 shipping plus £120 duty charge. It’s becoming too expensive. I am a passionate of speakers and have a collection of 26 pairs form Rogers LS3/5a to TDL Reference Monitors and KEF reference 107. It took me few minutes to connect the MC2105 to the LS3/5a and my faithful Micromega Stage 2 and started with classical records on a Thorens TD 124 II and Hadcock GE 242 Tonearm and Ortofon cartridge. The best existing bookshelf speaker or monitor can never reproduce a better low frequency spectrum than a lower quality cabinet with a 12 “ bass driver. But there I come back to my assumption of the beginning : We spend our life looking for GOD in the sky with HE is within us. I have spent a fortune over twenty years while the MC2105 was just there it’s just a matter of pocket. Then my poor children have to suffer to help me bring heavy KEF 107 and TDL reference monitor and other brand speakers from the loft. MC2105 is the one of , if not the best sounding solid state amplifier I ever listen. I AM JUST WONDERING WHAT CAME ACROSS MCINTOSH INGINEER’S MIND WHEN THE ARE DESIGNING SUCH INCREDIBLE, Powerful, Sexy sounding ,Attractive and mostly the final marathon stop for who knows what it sounds like. The beginning of the answer to this question is What came to GOD’s mind when HE took HIS pencil and stated drawing that most desired woman and her voice inviting you to the silk bed? I am grateful to McIntosh Labs If you come across any, even over $1200, buy it. Who will regret it ? Similar Products Used: lot of money |