{"id":147648,"date":"2022-08-15T19:15:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-15T18:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techweekmag.com\/?p=147648"},"modified":"2022-08-16T05:23:46","modified_gmt":"2022-08-16T04:23:46","slug":"macintosh-mc3500-iconic-amplifier-reimagined","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/hi-fi\/macintosh-mc3500-iconic-amplifier-reimagined\/","title":{"rendered":"Mcintosh MC3500: Iconic amplifier reimagined"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The MC3500 Mk II is inspired by the amplifier that has delighted generations of musicians and music lovers.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8493\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/197_techweek.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/197_techweek.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/200_techweek.jpg 277w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/201_techweek.jpg 768w\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"757\" \/><\/p>\n<p>McIntosh has released the MC3500 Mk II tube amplifier.\u00a0Originally used to power the sound system at Woodstock &#8217;69 among other musical events, this monobloc amplifier has been recreated with modern updates.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8494\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/198_techweek.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/198_techweek.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/202_techweek.jpg 302w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/203_techweek.jpg 768w\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"696\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The MC3500 Mk II boasts 350W of power.\u00a0Like the original, the MC3500 Mk II uses a McIntosh Unity Coupled Circuit output transformer and a fully balanced driver section, with three 12AX7A and one 12AT7 vacuum tubes.\u00a0The output is 8 powerful EL509S, specially chosen because of the similarity to the original 6LQ6 that worked in the original MC3500.\u00a0All lamps are located behind the power and output transformers and are covered with 12 gauge stainless steel wire mesh.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8495\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/199_techweek.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/199_techweek.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/204_techweek.jpg 364w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/205_techweek.jpg 768w\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As with the original MC3500, the Mk II version includes a McIntosh DualView power indicator.<\/p>\n<p>[ratemypost]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The MC3500 Mk II is inspired by the amplifier that has delighted generations of musicians and music lovers. McIntosh has released the MC3500 Mk II tube amplifier.\u00a0Originally used to power the sound system at Woodstock &#8217;69 among other musical events, this monobloc amplifier has been recreated with modern updates. The MC3500 Mk II boasts 350W [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/hi-fi\/macintosh-mc3500-iconic-amplifier-reimagined\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10404,"featured_media":147649,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[642],"tags":[779],"class_list":{"0":"post-147648","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hi-fi","8":"tag-news"},"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147648","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10404"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=147648"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147648\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/147649"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=147648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=147648"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=147648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}