Mclntosh C12000 / MC3500 MK II

STEREO AMPLIFIERS STEREO PRE-POWER AMPLIFIERS OF THE YEAR The idea of pre-power amplifiers is often presented as being to separate the various functions of an amplifier, keeping the delicate preamplication circuits away from heftier power components. But in fact the history is the other way around — preamps started off separate, and only later got lumped into ‘integrated’ amplifiers as a convenience option. So pre-power combos are the true originals of hi-fi amplification. In the C12000, the McIntosh team from Binghamton, NY, goes further than most, because it is one of their two-box preamplifier designs, further separating the audio section from the control and power sections. So in all this is a four-chassis amplifier: the power control, data ports and external control connections are in the C12000 Controller (above right),…

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