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Originally Posted by PeterMusic
No disrespect to you, but...Baloney. A C2500 and B&W speakers should not have audible static. I'd find a new preamp...and a new dealer.
A bit more background on me--I had B&W 805s connected to my C22 (which I believe has identical architecture to a C2500 or C2600, less the DAC) and MC275 for 4 years.
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I am really puzzled as well. I did not notice any noise before so there should not be any audible static. The unit was tested by an authorised McIntosh repairer who was deemed one of the best in the country and came back with no issues with unit or tubes.
I swapped the D3s to my 805s and the static was still there but much less audible at the same volume. I had to go much nearer to the speaker to hear it. As mentioned before, the static noise is the same regardless of the gain volume.
Don't wish to let go of the C2500 unless it is to upgrade to C2700 but this latest model is around 3 years old now too. I think it might be better for me to upgrade to a streamer dac instead.