[Christof]

Local auctioneer just posted pics of these amps & reel.  I will not have a chance to preview these but will be able to attend the auction.  Can anybody identify the amps in the bottom of the pic?

Thanks
c.

[mgalusha]

They look like McIntosh amps. I'm not enough of a Mac junkie to know which ones but I'd bet dinner that they're Macs. Hmm, looking again maybe not dinner but they do look like old Mac amps.

[Wind Chaser]

I'd bet dinner that they're Macs. Hmm, looking again maybe not dinner

Depends on what's for dinner.  Mac was my first thought too.

John

[lonewolfny42]

Might be....2nd. shelf from the bottom....left side....



MAC 240.....???

edit......No...not the 240...but the rounded transformer covers...MAC....I believe.

Other stuff....Scott...HeathKit...Fisher ?
Try to match up from this site....

http://homepage.mac.com/urbanradio/Vintage.HiFi/Vintage.HiFi.html

[SMc Audio]

The second amp looks like it might be a Citation II, from Harman Kardon.  If so, it is rated at about 60W per channel, and is thought to have one of the best output transformers ever created.

[Scott F.]

Yep, the black amp is a Mac. Can't tell from the pic. The amp to the right looks like it might be a Stromberg Carlson from the colors. The preamp (I don't see any output transformers) to the right is likely a Fisher. It for sure isn't a Scott. The preamp below with the gold face is most likely a Heathkit. That one has the style of knobs they used to use in the kits plus the older ones had a gold face to try to look like the Scotts and Fishers.

Thats my guess anyway.

[Christof]

Thank you for the input.  Any idea what Mac this might be, MC60?

Thanks again, you folks are most useful

Chris

[doug s.]

the mac amp on the bottom left is an mc-60, for sure.


the amp on the bottom right is definitely not an hk citation ll.  it looks like a fisher 55-a



the preamp on the bottom is a mono fisher, 80c or 90c, most likely the 80c, but the pic ain't wery clear...



the preamp below that avant-garde turntable/cassette/receiver rig looks to be a fisher, but i can't find it anywhere, & the knobs don't look right, so i am not sure.  it might also be an integrated amp...

doug s.

[Wind Chaser]

Doug,

Nice work!  You'd make a great (audio) detective

John

[Christof]

Thank you very much Doug

Can anyone comment on what would be a rational amount to spend at auction on these amps.  More than likely I will not be able to test them but the auctioneer will say everything works well, yea right    The purchase of these will essentially be a crap shoot and I'm amp heavy already.

Thanks again
chris

[doug s.]

check ebay.  there's an & an mc-60 pair 80c f/a right now.  also, check closed auctions, email the fisher doctor, ask on audiokarma.org, vacuum tube valley, audioclassics, audio asylum, etc. - places where lotsa folks are familiar w/wintage gear...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160186386495

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270192642037


hth,

doug s.

Thank you very much Doug

Can anyone comment on what would be a rational amount to spend at auction on these amps.  More than likely I will not be able to test them but the auctioneer will say everything works well, yea right    The purchase of these will essentially be a crap shoot and I'm amp heavy already.

Thanks again
chris