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Hi-Fi Choice (Digital)

Hi-Fi Choice (Digital)

1 Issue, October 2024

Smooth operator

Surely the most compelling of two same-priced preamplifiers in the McIntosh range, both equipped with its custom DA2 digital module. Why? Only the C2800 has tubes…
Smooth operator
HIGH-END DESIRABLES IN PARTNERSHIP WITH Think valve amplifiers, and the chances are the image brought to mind is that of a minimalist device with little apart from a source selector, volume control and output stage. And when we’re talking about valve preamplifiers, things might be even simpler. Well, clearly that particular memo went straight into the junk folder at McIntosh Labs’ HQ in upstate New York, as the new £12,000 C2800 valve preamp is anything but minimalist. This imposing product has no fewer than 16 inputs, seven of them digital and two of the other nine ready for a brace of turntables – more home automation connectivity than you can shake an Ethernet cable at – and even a dedicated iOS and Android app for setup and control. Valves not…
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