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Old 06-11-2022, 10:29 AM
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So don't laugh at me. I just traded in my MC300 for the MC452 from audio classics. Adjustments to my Blinn rack so it would fit, me struggling to get it in the slot (bad idea), plugging everything in, turn it on, and voila! extreme ground loop noise. I troubleshoot for like an hour and then notice there is a "balanced/Unbalanced" switch on the back of the 452 and I'm using XLR cables with the switch on "unbalanced"...
No laughing here, your system looks great. I'm no stranger to struggling with the heft of McIntosh amps. When I first hooked up my new 1502 and powered everything on I got NO SOUND. Oh, damn! the amp is busted right out of the box... Nope, just switch the input from XLR to RCA and Voila! SOUND. You are by no means unique to this type of snafu.
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