I just scored a pair of Mcintosh MC1201's and a MC 2300 preamp

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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,963
    edited August 2014
    polkfarmboy wrote: »
    Its a **** thing

    Hmmm....you might be on to something there. A VU meter worn as a belt buckle to monitor erections so women have a clue. Could get us married dudes in trouble though.
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  • erniejade
    erniejade Posts: 6,321
    edited August 2014
    ^^^^^^^ Now that is funny!
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  • miner
    miner Posts: 1,305
    edited August 2014
    It is a C2300 not MC2300. You will need to have 20A circuits for those MC1201s to truly enjoy them - good luck with those in an apartment setting. The phono stage is top notch on the C2300 preamp. A used C2300 goes for about $3K and 1201s for about $9 - 10K for the pair. I thought you were out of work.
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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 25,442
    edited August 2014
    polkfarmboy wrote: »
    Who's Ivan?


    Hello you rang?
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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 25,442
    edited August 2014
    Clipdat wrote: »
    Honest/newb question: Why would you need that much power unless you were trying to fill a large venue or outdoor space?

    Seems like it would be overkill for indoor listening and by the time you'd get those VU meters really bouncing you'd be damaging your ears.


    Lots and lots of headroom will make it really shine at lower volumes with deep deep notes. Not to mention that is will absolutely knock your socks at ear splitting levels.
    Sci-fi Polk Guy wrote: »
    If I remember correctly, it takes about 2200 watts of power to reproduce without distortion the cannon shots in Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture. With those monoblocks, he could do it.

    not to mention the explosion in Independence Day the White House explosion takes about 600watts to also reproduce correctly.
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  • nguyendot
    nguyendot Posts: 3,594
    edited August 2014
    He sure does buy a lot of this stuff. Now unemployed. Wonder if pfb is going to ever take the plunge and get something real... like a house? You will always be playing in the minor leagues as long as you are paying rent to someone.
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  • teekay0007
    teekay0007 Posts: 2,289
    edited August 2014
    miner wrote: »
    A used C2300 goes for about $3K and 1201s for about $9 - 10K for the pair. I thought you were out of work.

    +1 on that!!

    PFB must have got them to pay out that accumulated vacation time he had on the books! ;~)
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  • teekay0007
    teekay0007 Posts: 2,289
    edited August 2014
    Again, we're missing out on more reality TV gold!

    There are several more episodes of "Here Comes Polkie Boo Boo!" presenting themselves right before our eyes.

    I've gathered he hasn't yet received this gear yet. The delivery of it all smashed....there's an episode!

    The ensuing battle with UPS/FedEx to get payment (when the gear was sent uninsured!)....there's an episode!

    Paying for it all with his accumulated vacation payout money that has a "stop-payment" on the check from his former employer.....there's an episode!

    Provided the gear does get to him unscathed, he cranks it up in his apartment and blows his speakers out.....there's an episode! Apartment eviction for breaking the noise ordnance......(you guessed it)...there's an episode!


    That's reality TV gold, Jerry, gold!!
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  • Clipdat
    Clipdat Posts: 12,935
    edited August 2014
    Cool, thanks pitdogg2 and Sci-fi Polk Guy for the honest responses. I understand headroom and dynamic swings and the need to have some power reserves on tap, but 1200w seems like an awful lot of "reserves"!

    I guess I won't really understand it until I experience it!
    pitdogg2 wrote: »
    Lots and lots of headroom will make it really shine at lower volumes with deep deep notes. Not to mention that is will absolutely knock your socks at ear splitting levels.



    not to mention the explosion in Independence Day the White House explosion takes about 600watts to also reproduce correctly.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,802
    edited August 2014
    Sci-fi Polk Guy wrote: »
    If I remember correctly, it takes about 2200 watts of power to reproduce without distortion the cannon shots in Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture. With those monoblocks, he could do it.

    That would depend on the sensitivity of the loudspeakers being used and the acoustic space ("room") loading them. Generating 2200 watts for short time durations (as required by the transient explosion of cannon fire, e.g.) isn't really such a tall order -- heck, most boom boxes and HTIBs will do it ;-)

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    The 'booms' on the (in)famous Telarc recording of 1812 Overture. Image source: http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?98609-Vinyl-electron-microscopy&p=1305540&viewfull=1#post1305540
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  • Polkie2009
    Polkie2009 Posts: 3,834
    edited August 2014
    Awesome picture mhardy! I'll have to dig out my old 1958 Mercury LP of 1812 Overture/ Capriccio Italien with Antal Dorati to check those grooves out,lol.
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  • nspindel
    nspindel Posts: 5,343
    edited August 2014
    Wonder how many watts those 1812 Overture canons would require on this thing:

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    Good music, a good source, and good power can make SDA's sing. Tubes make them dance.
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  • polkfarmboy
    polkfarmboy Posts: 5,703
    edited August 2014
    Guys!! I duno but my super spidey senses is starting to tingle with this purchase.
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  • leftwinger57
    leftwinger57 Posts: 2,917
    edited August 2014
    From what the guys are saying your electric useage will certanly draw attention from your power authority, ie. thinking you have a grow house going. I'd be happy w/ a mac 2105 or if wanting to go really big a mc2300. **** luck w/ the gear. Oh yea power this.


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  • NotaSuv
    NotaSuv Posts: 3,851
    edited August 2014
    Pure BS from the polk farm clown.................
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  • polkfarmboy
    polkfarmboy Posts: 5,703
    edited August 2014
    NotaSuv wrote: »
    Pure BS from the polk farm clown.................

    Whats BS? The rig I bought from audiogon?
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  • boston1450
    boston1450 Posts: 7,639
    edited August 2014
    Something going down PFB ?
    ..
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,416
    edited August 2014
    NotaSuv wrote: »
    Pure BS from the polk farm clown.................


    Part of me has always wondered if PFB and Cheesy were on and the same.:lol:
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  • Nightfall
    Nightfall Posts: 10,086
    edited August 2014
    Lets see a pic of the amps, write your username and the date on a piece of paper and make sure it's visible in the picture. That will prove your case. :)
    afterburnt wrote: »
    They didn't speak a word of English, they were from South Carolina.

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  • polkfarmboy
    polkfarmboy Posts: 5,703
    edited August 2014
    Nightfall wrote: »
    Lets see a pic of the amps, write your username and the date on a piece of paper and make sure it's visible in the picture. That will prove your case. :)

    Hows that even possible when I just ordered them the other day, the fedex hyper jet doesnt do large packages.
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  • polkfarmboy
    polkfarmboy Posts: 5,703
    edited August 2014
    boston1450 wrote: »
    Something going down PFB ?

    This seems like a more genuine comment unlike the others and to that I will answer.

    Well the seller does not have any feedback but I thought no big deal since using paypal. I then checked the paypal transaction and he is a non us verified customer so I called paypal and they said its legit, the seller has had a few usa transactions. Now the guy aint responding despit saying they would be out the next day after the order. Then I ask him last night what the deal is. I get this message saying "keep in touch" Nothing else about my concerns? I just got a weird feeling so I decided to google image search the lising and found many shady looking personal ads and listings with the same image from as far back as april etc.

    The preamp was about 1k under market value and the the mono blocks were between 2 and 3k under market value. Should I be worried now about this?

    How can some one scam you with paypal?

    Am I being silly and impatient?

    Why do people think they look cool in a fedora?
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  • teekay0007
    teekay0007 Posts: 2,289
    edited August 2014
    polkfarmboy wrote: »
    Well the seller does not have any feedback but I thought no big deal since using paypal. I then checked the paypal transaction and he is a non us verified customer so I called paypal and they said its legit, the seller has had a few usa transactions. Now the guy aint responding despit saying they would be out the next day after the order. Then I ask him last night what the deal is. I get this message saying "keep in touch" Nothing else about my concerns? I just got a weird feeling so I decided to google image search the lising and found many shady looking personal ads and listings with the same image from as far back as april etc.

    The preamp was about 1k under market value and the the mono blocks were between 2 and 3k under market value. Should I be worried now about this?

    OMG!....I told you all this would be a great new episode of "Here Comes Polkie Boo Boo!". Reality TV gold, I tell you....
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  • Nightfall
    Nightfall Posts: 10,086
    edited August 2014
    teekay0007 wrote: »
    OMG!....I told you all this would be a great new episode of "Here Comes Polkie Boo Boo!". Reality TV gold, I tell you....
    You called it.

    That or these stories are made up. Either way, damn entertaining.
    afterburnt wrote: »
    They didn't speak a word of English, they were from South Carolina.

    Village Idiot of Club Polk
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  • hochpt21
    hochpt21 Posts: 5,423
    edited August 2014
    teekay0007 wrote: »
    OMG!....I told you all this would be a great new episode of "Here Comes Polkie Boo Boo!". Reality TV gold, I tell you....

    You straight up called that shizzle.

    The only reason I know PFB is real is because I bought a cd player from him when I joined the forum. The transaction was smooth and the unit was fine....so I don't know...musta got lucky.
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  • nspindel
    nspindel Posts: 5,343
    edited August 2014
    nspindel wrote: »
    Why do I sense disaster on the horizon?

    I called it first! Get in line teekay!!!
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  • boston1450
    boston1450 Posts: 7,639
    edited August 2014
    Well good luck PFB hope it happens smoothly without a hitch & PayPal a plus
    ..
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  • hochpt21
    hochpt21 Posts: 5,423
    edited August 2014
    nspindel wrote: »
    I called it first! Get in line teekay!!!

    True...
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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    edited August 2014
    nooshinjohn wrote: »
    Part of me has always wondered if PFB and Cheesy were on and the same.:lol:

    Cheesy is/was one of a kind. It will be a while before another reaches the level where Cheesy casually treads.
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  • deronb1
    deronb1 Posts: 5,021
    edited August 2014
    I went through this thread line by line. PFB bought some killer amps. Everybody chimed in. His "spidey sense" started tingling for no appearnt reason and with no explanation things are spinning out of control again. I dont know what to make of him or his posts, but i think its a cat and mouse game that he enjoys. For the most part, potentially harmless, but i for one, dont need another goofy distraction, especially on a site that i frequent often and have found to be full of great people and information. Im going ignore list.......
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  • polkfarmboy
    polkfarmboy Posts: 5,703
    edited August 2014
    deronb1 wrote: »
    I went through this thread line by line. PFB bought some killer amps. Everybody chimed in. His "spidey sense" started tingling for no appearnt reason and with no explanation.

    You know in your gut when something aint right Debron and if you have read the thread you would understand my concenrs regarding this. Shame on all the people that say I never even bought anything, who in their right mind would make something up and start a thread about buying something that they never did?

    I buy killer amps and preamps all the time, I bought a big honking Theta Dreadnought 3 today to pair up with my new Classe cp500 preamp I just received. Everything went and is going smooth with that deal and should sound great.
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