McIntosh C220

Hi have now used the C220 for some years and can say I am very satisfied. I have tried many types of tube on the c220 and found that something like the Audio Classic 12ax7a / Ecc83 / 7025 tube is one of the best I have now Tried, bought these on ebay...

Decided to replace my Levinson 23.5 with a Mac 452. Was hoping to be able to use the Levinson ML26 with the 452 but the level mismatch made that impossible. So, I listened to the 220 against the ML26 and was blown away. As good as the ML26 might have...

Have owned quite a few preamps in my life time to include tubes. As with any component its a matching game. Don't really know that this piece has a sound I can give to it specifically. But so far it seems to have brought out the best in every piece...

I have owned many pre-amps over the years, including Audio Research, Marantz, Spectral, Krell and Placette passive, but for pure musical enjoyment, this pre-amp paired with my McIntosh MC 402 power amp gives me the most musical, non-fatiguing accurate...

Wonderful preamp for the price.