The McIntosh Mc1502 vacuum tube amplifier will be available later this month. So if you a fancy home hi-fi system and if you're wondering if this amp can drive your loudspeakers, the answer is 'yes.' And at $11,000, it better! The great thing about this $11,000 vacuum tube amplifier is that, thanks to McIntosh's patented Unity Coupled Circuit output transformer technology, it can basically drive any speakers you have, no matter their impedance. The output is 8 powerful EL509S, specially chosen because of the similarity to the original 6LQ6 that worked in the original MC3500. The difference between the MC1502 and the older MC2152, according to McIntosh, is that the new amplifier has a more 'classic' McIntosh appearance: meaning tactile knobs, black-and-steel accents and a florescent green glow. Like the original, the MC3500 Mk II uses a McIntosh Unity Coupled Circuit output transformer and a fully balanced driver section, with three 12AX7A and one 12AT7 vacuum tubes. It's capable of shelling out 150-watts per channel, and is decked out with eight KT88 output vacuum tubes (four for each channel) and eight smaller signal tubes. The McIntosh MC1502 is a direct replacement for McIntosh's limited-produced and award-winning MC2152 amplifier, and is very similar it audio specs and capabilities. Benefiting from 350 watts of McIntosh power, the MC3500 Vacuum Tube Amplifier Mk II uses the company’s proprietary Unity Coupled Circuit output transformer (along with original), allowing the full 350 watts to be safely delivered to virtually any speaker. Obviously, the nearly all difficult design challenge to get over is definitely the large voltage push necessity of the output phase. Gordon Gow & the McIntosh Labs Unity Coupled. So while most of us won't ever get up close and personal with the McIntosh MC1502, it's still one heck of a machine to look at it. 150 Watts x 2 Channels Unity Coupled Circuit Output Transformers (8) KT88, (4) 12AX7A and (4) 12AT7 vacuum. Watch as McIntosh Quad Balanced Power Transformers are wound by the same technician, on the same machine as it has been for decades. It has a suggested retail price of $11,000.

McIntosh just announced a new stereo amplifier, the MC1502, that's designed for serious audiophiles with seriously deep pockets.

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