[Dloines]

Has anyone demo'd this item? How does it compare to the MHA150? its priced at $2,500

 

[Jodet]

I don't think it's shipping till March.

 

[InstantSilence]

Can it power the abyss 1266 TC

 

[Dloines]

thanks!!

 

[JWahl]

This is mildly interesting to me. I just saw a press-release article, and given the MHA-150 and their usual pricing structure, I fully expected this would be at minimum $5,000, just because. $2,500 isn't cheap by any means, but almost seems reasonable for the company, assuming they didn't cut too many corners. Looking forward to this getting into some reviewers hands. It's a smart business move, though, to open up their market to more people.

 

[SilverTrumpet999]

Agree, this is definitely the "mini-MC75" they needed to step into the headphone world. Assuming it's built to their traditional spec and quality, and it's fully balanced with a novel tube circuit and unity coupled output transformers, it's pretty interesting to say the least.

I very much want to hear this in person. The real question is: does it have a place in a world where spectacularly performing THX AAA amps are selling at nearly 1/10 the price?

It very well might, not just for nostalgia and tube rolling but also because of the output transformers. Impedance matching is fairly new to the world of headphones, and may make certain cans perform in ways the other amps just can't manage. For example, my restored MC60s spank every solid state amp I've compared them to at 4x the wattage output for driving my Martin Logan panels.

 

[Jodet]

I'll like a comparison between this and the thousand dollar Quicksilver amp.

 

[jonathan c]

The MHA200 looks quite interesting to me especially with the loading optionality. However, the non-IEC power connection is a letdown ; so much for specialised power cabling.

 

[shuttleboi]

What would be a good DAC to pair with this headphone amp?

 

[shuttleboi]

This is mildly interesting to me. I just saw a press-release article, and given the MHA-150 and their usual pricing structure, I fully expected this would be at minimum $5,000, just because. $2,500 isn't cheap by any means, but almost seems reasonable for the company, assuming they didn't cut too many corners. Looking forward to this getting into some reviewers hands. It's a smart business move, though, to open up their market to more people.

The MHA-150 is not just a headphone amp. It's actually a 50wpc integrated amp and has a DAC section as well.

 

[Garak]

Can it power the abyss 1266 TC

500 mW of power, maybe if I string 5 of them together, they can power my Dianas

 

[InstantSilence]

500 mW of power, maybe if I string 5 of them together, they can power my Dianas

I'm afraid then numbers are different per ohm?

 

[Garak]

I'm afraid then numbers are different per ohm?

No idea, here's what the site says "The Unity Coupled Circuit transformers have been adapted to produce 4 headphone impedance ranges of 32 – 100, 100 – 250, 250 – 600, and 600 – 1,000 Ohms at 500mW so that virtually every headphone can receive legendary McIntosh sound quality and performance. "

In any case, that thing isn't powering Abyss, not even the V2.

 

[AppleheadMay]

Retail price here 3599€ as I said before.
At the bottom of this page: https://hifi.be/artikel/29722/De-MHA200-van-McIntosh-is-een-hoofdtelefoonversterker-met-buizen.html