Lexicon MC - 1 / McIntosh 7205
BakedWafer
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I am the proud owner of RT2000's, I have had them for a long time and love the speaker. I am using an older Onkyo 5.1 AMP. Anyhow, I can purchase an Lexicon MC -1 and a McIntosh 7205 for 1,300 dollars which is a very, very good price. Since the Lexicon is an older processor, I think I would want to upgrade to something else. A few questions I need answered:
1. Should I just keep them both?
2. Should I sell them both and buy the Sony 9000 ES (or insert high end receiver here), and how would the Sony sound in comparison to these two seperate items.
3. Should I sell the lexicon MC-1 and buy an better processor while keeping the 7205?
ANY help would be appreciated as I have no idea which way to take this.
Regards,
1. Should I just keep them both?
2. Should I sell them both and buy the Sony 9000 ES (or insert high end receiver here), and how would the Sony sound in comparison to these two seperate items.
3. Should I sell the lexicon MC-1 and buy an better processor while keeping the 7205?
ANY help would be appreciated as I have no idea which way to take this.
Regards,
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I think you should buy both and then sell me the Mac for $650.00.Political Correctness'.........defined
"A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."
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Read my post about the Lexicon DC2 below. I would keep the Lexicon and sell the Mac to F1nut. The Lexicon, although older, is still an excellent preamp for HT. If you are looking for pure stereo, I would sell it and by a nice 2 channel preamp.
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This is where the problem lies, my goal is to come out of this only spending 500.00 dollars. If I had money to spread around I would buy you all a (insert item of choice here). To break it down:
Lexicon MC - on eBay 1,300
McIntosh 7205 - on eBay 1,700 - 2,500
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Depending how I break it down:
1. Sell Lexicon MC - 1, and pay off the cost of the original purchase and have 500 dollars of spending money left over for a new processor. (Unlikely)
2. Sell the McIntosh 7205 for say 2,000 and then I have 1,200 spending money for a new 7 or 5 channel AMP that would prob. not be as good as the McIntosh.
3. Just keep both.
Any recommendations on the above idea would be great.
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Why do you think your upgrading???
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I guess I just feel that the Lexicon is an older product, that's about all. In reality I DO NOT want to see the McIntosh as it's such a good amplifier. The Lexicon just seems to be an older product to me.
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Just because it is older? ALOT of older audio equipment was very well made. Just because something is newer it doesn't necessarily make it better.
That Mac is very highly regarded, and would be snapped up instantly if offered for sale.
The Lexicon is no slouch either.
It depends on what you want. Are you looking for bells and whistles, or good sound quality without spending a fortune?
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Originally posted by BakedWafer
In reality I DO NOT want to see the McIntosh as it's such a good amplifier.
Again, since you don't even want to SEE the Mac, I'll take it for $650.00.
Political Correctness'.........defined
"A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."
President of Club Polk -
Originally posted by F1nut
Again, since you don't even want to SEE the Mac, I'll take it for $650.00.
This man knows what he wants...;) -
I forgot to add, I can purchase a working Pioneer DV - 09 for about 65 dollars, is it worth if for this DVD Player?
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To add, I want to keep the 7205 as it's such a great AMP.
I'm just kind of hohum about the Lexicon, I guess.
