McIntosh MA6900 Amp

erniejade
erniejade Posts: 6,321
edited January 2014 in For Sale (FS) Classifieds
Up for sale, McIntosh MA6900 integrated amplifier. This is a solid, heavy unit and well built. 200wpc, 2,4,8 ohm taps on the back with autoformers! I am a sucker for a VU! I also loved having an EQ built in for bad recordings. A tweak here and there and the badly masted cd or lp sounded much better.

One small issue with it but, I am told this is common to a lot of McIntosh units. The vu's at low volume when first turned on sometimes both wont move till you hit the volume quick and turn it back down. On 2 different boards, people have said they have the same issue with their McIntosh preamp or amps and its nothing to worry about including one that said his newer C2300 preamp does the same thing. I have had 0 issues other then the quirk. I do have the original shipping box. It cost 98$ to have it shipped to me. I will only charge actual shipping. I believe the box is about 85 lbs or so. If you havent seen McIntosh boxing, its fantastic. The unit gets bolted to a board, then put in a inner box with foam, then it goes into an outerbox with more foam.

Why am I selling it? 2 reasons. 1 I missed tubes for a preamp. I hooked up my arcsp16 to the amp in on this unit and went between the internal preamp and the arc. I found the internal preamp was more accurate, faster vs the arc, and sounded wonderful but, I think I have just graccustomedomed to tubes. I did however put a yaqin between the pre in and out with outstanding results but, 2 I bought a McIntosh MC402. I do not have room for both units since my den is small. Nor do I have the room for a 3rd system in the house.


I am listing this at work. They block picture storage sites. I will post a pic soon.
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  • EndersShadow
    EndersShadow Posts: 17,596
    edited January 2014
    Price?
    "....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963)
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  • chumlie
    chumlie Posts: 8,658
    edited January 2014
    How much $$$
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  • erniejade
    erniejade Posts: 6,321
    edited January 2014
    Shoot I thought I put the price down. $3300 + shipping. It cost 97$ to ship to me. The box was I believe 85 lbs. if paypal, i am not sure if you can gift that much? I will also take checks but will wait for the check to clear before shipping.
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  • erniejade
    erniejade Posts: 6,321
    edited January 2014
    [URL="[URL=http://s12.photobucket.com/user/erniejade/media/Mobile Uploads/20131228_103123_zpsef8c8e28.jpg.html][IMG]http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a201/erniejade/Mobile Uploads/20131228_103123_zpsef8c8e28.jpg[/IMG][/URL]"][/url]20131228_103123_zpsef8c8e28.jpg

    I am not sure why but when i try to have the pic show from photobucket, it comes up saying invalid url. so here is a link.
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  • erniejade
    erniejade Posts: 6,321
    edited January 2014
    That was strange. when i tried using the pic it keps saying invalid url but putting it in link worked. No idea. Anyway excuese the wire mess and the yaqin on top. I was doing some re-arranging. It really is a amazing looking unit and it does sound fantastic. It had 0 issues pushing the legacy focus.
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  • polkfarmboy
    polkfarmboy Posts: 5,703
    edited January 2014
    I like the yaqin ontop the mac lol


    If I never bought that krell I may have took the plunge!!
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  • erniejade
    erniejade Posts: 6,321
    edited January 2014
    LOl I know it kind of looks strange but, i was testing it out and doing some tube rolling. That reminds me, I need to shoot pitdogg a text since I figured out what tubes I want to keep.

    BTW even though this is my thread for the McIntosh, never be afraid to do buisness with pitdogg. Great person to deal with.
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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 25,694
    edited January 2014
    Thanks Brian for the shameless plug:mrgreen:
    Brian and I blew up each others phone quit a bit heck of a guy one of these days I will darken your doorway. That is one nice set up just wish it was MINE :loneranger:
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  • erniejade
    erniejade Posts: 6,321
    edited January 2014
    I am going to give this another week or 2 here before I put it up on agon.
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  • miner
    miner Posts: 1,305
    edited January 2014
    That is a fair price for a major integrated amp. GLWTS.
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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,092
    edited January 2014
    That is a great price on the Mac....

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  • billbillw
    billbillw Posts: 6,867
    edited January 2014
    Nice amp. I'm also in the 'if I hadn't just..." camp. I would have probably bitten on this but for my recent purchase of the LSA Statement Amp. Agree that is a good price on this integrated.
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  • erniejade
    erniejade Posts: 6,321
    edited January 2014
    Sold locally. Thanks!!
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