Knuckledragger

*mutter* That's an uh... 16:10 aspect ratio, which is not exactly the same as the 3:2 native ratio of my camera. Meaning I'd have to crop the photo differently than I framed it. I just peeked at the original, and it seems sort-of possible. I'd have to trim some off the bottom of the frame. Get back to me in a couple days and I might have it done.

Err, do you meean the amp or the preamp? I dunno about opening up the MC-75, I could look into it, but I'm not remotely sure how it comes apart. I did take apart one of the C-22 pres back in 1999 or 2000. I remember being amazed at the build quality and careful arrangement of components. I've got to run out and pick up a shin new LaCie terabyte drive that's waiting for me and then maybe see about eating (man can not live on Ritalin alone.) After that I'll see about taking off the top cover of the C-22.

Did I miss something?

Naaman Birthday, Happyf!

I have some "Holy Cow" organic cleaner I'm going to try. It's non-toxic and claims to be quite gentle on surfaces. What kind of speaker would I mate with it? When I acquired all this Mac gear about a decade ago, I regularly spoke to a tube head who built his own single ended triodes. He didn't have much interest in amps that put out more than 13 or so watts, but I recall he referred to the MC-75 as a "big honking pentode." He didn't have much advice for speakers I'm afraid. Sadly(?) I don't have a cat. My housemate is an asthmatic, and he's pretty allergic to them. I thusfar haven't sprung for one of those $6000 GMO hypoallergenic kitties. Tonight, while I'm waiting for my mix to upload, I snapped a few shots of the C-22 preamp. This one came out best: It, too could use a good cleaning. I had hoped to integrate it into my rig as phono preamp, but the logistics are something of a nightmare. There's no room in my rack for the C-22, and the cords on my Technics aren't log enough to reach it in any practical arrangement. It looks like if I tore apart my entire rack, removed the Hafler amp, and put the power conditioner all the way on the bottom, I might have enough room to shoehorn it in. That is a process that could take several hours, and not something I want to consider at 11:30 at night. While writing this, I took a shot of the back: The RCA jacks are in surprisingly good shape for being nearly 40 years old.

I linked this in H-C's chat yesterday, but I hadn't posted it here yet: April Winchell Barack Obama is tired of your motherfucking shit [Audio NSFW, of/c]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ibX3TejlZE

I got back one of my C-22 preamps and my MC-75 monoblock from the repair shop yesterday. I've had these things for a decade, and I'm just now getting around to dealing with them properly. I haven't plugged the MC-75 into anything but the AC outlet so far, but I did just spend half an hour futzing around taking pictures of it: The case could use a good cleaning, but I'm not sure what cleaning product one uses on vintage tube amps. The repair tech tested all the tubes and said they did quite well. I understand the power tubes used the MC-75 are quite spendy to replace. I don't have any pitures of the C-22 preamp yet. I'm going to try to integrate it as a phono preamp in my headphone/Quad rig.

Back in stock! Also, 2x: