McIntosh MC240 Vintage Stereo Tube Power Amplifier; MC-240; Just Serviced

McIntosh MC240 Vintage Stereo Tube Power Amplifier Highlights

Product: McIntosh MC240 Vintage Stereo Tube Power Amplifier; MC-240; Just Serviced

Product SKU: 36046

Voltage: 117V

Cosmetic Description: 6/10 Fair overall condition and appearance with some visible cosmetic wear including tarnish and weathering on the chrome chassis and some scratches on the transformer covers. This item shows some wear consistent with its age but is still presentable and sounds wonderful.

What is Included: Amplifier, Four RCA 6L6GC tubes, Two GE 12BH7 tubes, Four GE ECC83 tubes, One GE ECC82 tubes

Functional Notes: Operational condition of this item is excellent, fully tested and no issues found.

Age: Circa 1965

# of Owners: Unknown

Tobacco Exposure: No

Service History: Professionally re-capped, restuffed voltage capacitors, new inrush thermistor July 2021

MSRP: $288 in 1965

Other Notes: A beautiful, collectible amp in full working order This is a late version MC240. Sounds as good or better as the very first listen.

"My McIntosh MC240 is the best power amplifier I've ever heard. While most great amps do nothing to alter the sound (what comes in is what goes out), and when transistor amplifiers alter the sound it's almost always for the worst, the subtle things tube amplifiers and especially the MC240 do to the music make it sound absolutely fantastic.

Of course the MC240 sounds completely lucid, fluid and detailed as you expect from top-end tube amps, but what you probably don't expect is that it has bottomless bass thanks to its huge transformers and special patented design that offers low distortion and flat response down to 3 cycles! My MC240 has better bass response than many of today's preamplifiers and power amps, along with the astonishingly lifelike midrange and a high end that simply shimmers.

No other amplifiers have McIntosh's Unity Coupled circuit, that along with its huge Bifilar-wound output transformers, lower the distortion to the lowest levels found in tube amplifiers. This unique circuit cross-couples the two 6L6GC output tubes into such a tight a lover's embrace that they operate as class-A at the most important audio levels. The circuit is so linear and independent of tube characteristics that it plays at low levels even with one output tube missing!" - Ken Rockwell

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