Congratulations Doug. This component is pretty special for a few reasons. Not only is this a very high end preamp from Mcintosh with all the features you'll ever need but it also has the upgradeable dac module. Whether intentional or not this stroke of thinking by McIntosh is pure genius because not only has Mcintosh never made a tube dac before but this dac is able to be updated in the future. Right now they have a very premium quad balanced ESS chip onboard but future iterations may have Rohm semiconductor under consideration. Rohm dac is the one chosen for the Luxman flagship sacd player and has quite a few people excited about its potential if used by great designer. Speaking of sacd player , you have option of pairing this component with Mct500 from Mcintosh and have a world class SACD transport/dac combo with a dac that will never go out of date. All of this features and future flexibility makes the C2700 a homerun from Mcintosh.
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