Ankkor,
Demo'ing the C1100, as Tom (W9TR) suggests may be your best bet. I just upgraded from a C2500 to the C1100, and got more soundstage (depth especially) and clearer mids "out of the box". No regrets. As a point of reference, here's a synopsis of my preamps and amps since I got my first Mc amps in 2008:
Yamaha receiver -> MC501s
MX136 (C146 "core") -> MC501s
C2500 -> MC501s
C2500 -> MC2301s
C1100 -> MC2301s
Each step brought an improvement, along with a myriad of changes to the sources and speakers, as well as a move thrown in. Your MC1.2s probably would take well to the C1100s. Good luck, and let us know what you are thinking, and what you do.
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Sources: Vinyl: Clearaudio Innovation Wood turntable with 9" Universal tonearm, Da Vinci V2 cartridge, Stillpoints SS & Stillpoints clamp, McIntosh MVP 901, Apple Mac mini via Benchmark DAC 1, Aurender N100C via Schiit Yggdrasil
Control: McIntosh C1100, Mcintosh MX151
Power: Mcintosh MC2301s (front), McIntosh MC501 (center), Mcintosh MC402 (rear)
Speakers: Sonus Faber Amati Futura (front and back), SF Vox center
Power/connections: PS Audio Power Port receptacles, RGPC 400 pro (2) WireWorld interconnects and speaker cable
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