{"id":152202,"date":"2022-12-08T15:14:14","date_gmt":"2022-12-08T15:14:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techweekmag.com\/?p=152202"},"modified":"2022-12-08T15:20:18","modified_gmt":"2022-12-08T15:20:18","slug":"mcintosh-mc451-next-gen-hybrid-drive-amplifier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/hi-fi\/mcintosh-mc451-next-gen-hybrid-drive-amplifier\/","title":{"rendered":"McIntosh MC451: Next-gen Hybrid Drive amplifier"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>McIntosh has unveiled the MC451 Dual Mono Power amplifier, a compact mono amp that benefits from the New York manufacturer\u2019s proprietary\u00a0Hybrid Drive<\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/RjvHz_oooMw\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/youtu.be\/RjvHz_oooMw&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1670598734313000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0w4-k7rIp1cNzDiICc6RK-\">\u2122<\/a><\/strong><strong>\u00a0technology, where valve and solid state amplification is seamlessly combined in one unit, to deliver the best of both worlds.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"McIntosh Hybrid Drive\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RjvHz_oooMw?feature=oembed\" width=\"740\" height=\"416\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>McIntosh\u2019s unique\u00a0<strong>Hybrid Drive<\/strong><strong>\u2122<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>technology enables users to drive a loudspeaker\u2019s critical tweeter and midrange drivers with lush valves, yet provide the more demanding bass drivers with the power, control and dynamics of solid-state.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<strong>MC451 Dual Mono Power Amplifier<\/strong>\u00a0follows the success of McIntosh\u2019s sizable\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcintoshlabs.com\/products\/amplifiers\/MC901\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.mcintoshlabs.com\/products\/amplifiers\/MC901&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1670598734313000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2aftLYWQ7WOg5YhqkIZo3u\">MC901<\/a>\u00a0Dual Mono Power Amplifier and reflects upon the New York manufacturer\u2019s decades-long experience in solid-state amplifiers and even longer experience (since 1949!) with valves.<\/p>\n<p>A more compact design than its MC901 sibling, the new MC451 is much easier to integrate into existing audio systems. Built on one chassis, the MC451 offers 150 watts from its valve section, plus 300 watts from its solid-state output.<\/p>\n<p>Supremely flexible, the MC451 benefits from user-selectable solid state and valve output stages that can be selected using a \u2018balance\u2019 control knob. This enables users to match genres to preferred amp technology: for example, jazz using more valves, or rock using solid state.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_152203\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-152203\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-152203\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/MC451-Lifestyle-horizontal.jpg\" alt=\"MC451\" width=\"1080\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/MC451-Lifestyle-horizontal.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/MC451-Lifestyle-horizontal-770x513.jpg 770w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-152203\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">MC451<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Hybrid Drive<\/strong><strong>\u2122<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>technology allows users to adjust<em>\u00a0<\/em>the internal crossover to determine\u00a0<em>where\u00a0<\/em>the bass, mid and high frequencies integrate between valve and solid-state power.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition, separate\u00a0<em>inputs<\/em>\u00a0for the valve and solid-state sections are provided for use with external crossovers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Finally, the MC451 also features a variety of McIntosh patented technologies including: Power Guard\u00ae and Power Guard SGS\u00ae; Sentry Monitor\u2122; Autoformer\u2122; Unity Coupled Circuit; Solid Cinch\u2122 speaker binding posts; Monogrammed Heatsinks\u2122, plus a DualView\u2122 Power Output Meter.<\/p>\n<p>Orders for the\u00a0<b>MC451\u00a0<\/b>can now be placed with authorised McIntosh dealers with shipping expected to begin in January 2023 (United States and Canada), and the rest of the world, shortly thereafter,\u00a0<b>\u00a316,495<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>[ratemypost]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>McIntosh has unveiled the MC451 Dual Mono Power amplifier, a compact mono amp that benefits from the New York manufacturer\u2019s proprietary\u00a0Hybrid Drive\u2122\u00a0technology, where valve and solid state amplification is seamlessly combined in one unit, to deliver the best of both worlds. McIntosh\u2019s unique\u00a0Hybrid Drive\u2122\u00a0technology enables users to drive a loudspeaker\u2019s critical tweeter and midrange drivers [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/hi-fi\/mcintosh-mc451-next-gen-hybrid-drive-amplifier\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10404,"featured_media":152205,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[642],"tags":[779],"class_list":{"0":"post-152202","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\/152202","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=152202"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152202\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/152205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=152202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=152202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=152202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}