OCTOBER 2020 T3 3Gadgets that showcase the
very best that design and
technology have to offer
SHOWSTOPPER
As any audiophile knows, if you want super-lush sound out of your system, you’ve got to pair it with a decent valve amp.
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winning, limited-edition MC2152 – itself released in celebration of the company’s 70th anniversary last year – this amp
can deliver a whopping 150 Watts to almost any speaker pair, thanks to McIntosh’s Unity Coupled Circuit output
transformer technology. It also pumps out seriously clear sound, thanks to a signal-to-noise ratio of 112dB. Finally, it’s
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include Air-Pipe cooling to boost the length of its service life.
£13,995, mcintoshlabs.comMcINTOSH MC1502 VACUUM
TUBE AMPLIFIER
TOTALLY TUBULAR
The MC1502 has a serious
set of pipes on it. It has four
KT88 output vacuum tubes
assigned to each stereo
channel; these are supported
by eight small-signal valves
for handling Balanced, Input,
Voltage and Driver amps