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Tannoy Prestige speakers (Dual concentric driver) because of their ability to sing, bass is very tight and deep; voices are as natural as breathing; overall sound is smooth as silk. Dynamics are amazing, certainly when driven by the MC252. He brings the power, musicality and control I was searching for. More power would be crazy because of the fact that these speakers are 94db sensitive. The Edinburgh HE has a 300 mm dual concentric driver, which sounds amazingly smooth. Big boys don t have to try so hard!!!

I’ve been thinking about tubes, but the maintenance and the lack of power has kept away from them. When driven hard these speakers need control, certainly when this 300mm woofer starts to dance, I’m not sure I would be able to get that control with tubes (in the same budget range).

Recently I added the Mc252 from audioclassics.com to replace the old but good Mc2105.

I’ve chosen Mcintosh electronics, mainly because of the relax sound, I can listen for hours to the set. At this point I’m a bit afraid to add or change components, perhaps in the future a new preamplifier (C220 for example).

Any suggestions or comments? Don’t hesitate to post them.

Greetings

Philippe
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    • McIntosh MC-252
    250 w/ch
    • McIntosh C-29
    lots of detail and musicality.
    • McIntosh MVP-841
    CD/DVD Player
    • Tannoy Prestige Edinburgh HE
    300 mm Dual Concentric in a 200 liter cabinet
    • Van den Hul D 102 MK III
    Neutral
    • Van den Hul Tannoy Reference Cable
    Very nice !!! Bi-wire cable direct into the speaker.

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Philippe:

Sorry it took me so long to reply. Thank you for looking at my McIntosh Nirvana system. I have my MC252 powering the left channel and the MC2255 powering the right. I cannot tell the difference in the output. The thing about the McIntosh amplifiers is that they are all beautifully unique and sound wonderful. This system will also play very loud. I checked it with an SPL Meter with DTS U571 depth charges. 110 dB at clip point.

Your system is awesome. I would love to sit and listen to Moody Blues on it.

Again, thank you for looking and have a great summer!

Jay

jaycchristian

Philippe:

Very nice system. I too have an MC252. I can drive it hard with my system at a 2 ohm load and it does not even get warm. I love it. I know what you mean about listening for hours.

Enjoy.

Jay Christian

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