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McIntosh C2300

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C2300
Vacuum Tube Preamplifier

The C2300 Vacuum Tube Preamplifier combines a suite of potent engineering enhancements with smart, user-programmable features to deliver a truly extraordinary audio preamplifier. Each input may have the bass, treble, and mono/stereo mode adjusted and stored in memory. When individual inputs are selected, these settings will engage as preset by the listener. All adjustments may be made either from the frontpanel or remote control.

Two 12AX7a Vacuum Tubes are used for each of three sections: the Moving Magnet phono section, the Moving Coil section, and the high-level preamp section. Its phono sections are fully adjustable “on the fly,” so the listener may change impedance or loading settings as the record plays. A high performance headphone amplifier with a 1/4" headphone jack is included. $8,490 rrp 

 

C2300 Vacuum Tube Preamplifier Specifications

FREQUENCY RESPONSE

+0, -0.50dB from 20Hz to 20kHz

+0, -1dB from 10Hz to 100kHz

RATED OUTPUT

Balanced: 5VRMS at MAIN, 1 and 2

Unbalanced: 2.5VRMS at MAIN, 1 and 2

OUTPUT IMPEDANCE

250 ohms

MAXIMUM VOLTAGE OUTPUT

Balanced: 16VRMS at MAIN, 1 and 2

Unbalanced: 8VRMS at MAIN, 1 and 2

TOTAL HARMONIC DISTORTION

0.08% maximum from 20Hz to 20kHz

SENSITIVITY

Phono, MC: 0.45mV for 2.5V

Phono, MM: 4.5mV for 2.5V

High Level: 450mV for 2.5V

SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO (A-Rated)

Phono: 80dBHigh Level: 93dB

MAXIMUM INPUT SIGNAL

Phono, MC: 5mVPhono, MM: 50mV

High Level: 5V Balanced

INPUT IMPEDANCE

Phono:MC: 25, 50, 100, 200, 500, or 1000 ohms

MM: 47k ohms, 50 to 750pF, 50pF steps

High Level:

Balanced: 40k ohms

Unbalanced: 20k ohms

VOLTAGE GAIN

Phono, Moving Coil to Record Output: 60dB

Phono, Moving Magnet to Record Output: 40dB

High Level to Record Output: 0dB

High Level to Main Output: 15dB

OVERALL DIMENSIONS (H x W x D)

7-1/8” (18.1 cm) X 17-1/2” (44.4 cm) X 14-1/2”

(36.8 cm) including clearance for connectors.

Knob clearance in front of the mounting panel

is ΒΎ” (1.9 cm)

WEIGHT

29.5 lbs (13.41 kg) net

44.9 lbs. (20.41 kg) in shipping carton

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