I was not that educated then, and AudioClaXXicX quoted me $250-$350 (shipping not included) to fix when I told them all tubes light up but no sound. During the WBT replacement, I mistakenly knocked an wire loose (bad original soldering). Just make sure your soldering skill is good to go. After all is said and done, the music simply comes thru. It simply makes me to keep thinking of sitting down to listen (if I am not doing that already). It makes a major difference when I switch from Monarchy Model 33 preamp to the VTL 2.5 preamp. The soundstage is actually better than I expected. Unlike many tube amps I used before, the MC30 gives great bass - not as nice as some of the better SS amps I owned before (ML #23 for example) of course but already betters than most tube amps I have. Paired with the VTL 2.5 tube preamp and the Coincident Partial Eclipse Mk I, the sound is fully bodied, sweet and rich, and could play very very very loud in my room (26 x 22 x 8). And the amps really shine after that! I think I spent like $60 and 12 hours to do everything. I simply replace the RCA jacks with WBT, replaced some loose/wore-out wires, re-wire the grounding, replaced the aged power resistors, removed 2 resistors that appear to be previous owner's own mod, and replaced the power cords and the fuse holders. I have been told that you're better off getting an MC30 with all original parts because any replacement part may affect its sound (that will explain why many buyers demand pictures of inside). The fuse holders are broken, I could hear background noises, the RCA input is rusty and dirty, the tube socketes are loose, etc.īut I am not the crazy kind to do an revamp. But it will get really really bad until it gets better. I got my pair in an average shape in Audiogon. As I said in my McIntosh MC250 review here, the MC250 is merely an transitional amp, an vintage McIntosh SS amp that sounds so good that you'd like to make the jump into the true McIntosh tube sound that is so famous.
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