Question on some old gear (McIntosh)

Posted by Oltraver (A) on July 31, 2008 at 10:37:08

I was recently offered $700 for this lot of gear. What do you guys think? I don't want to get ripped off, but I also never use this gear anymore. It would be nice to get as much as I can for it to sink into a decent turntable.

McIntosh MC240 amp. Has the cage. It's a bit beat up and a bit rusty, lettering is mostly gone. I'd give it a 4/10 appearance wise. Sounds perfect. My father was original owner, I have photocopied manuals, all service records from the 60s on, and original sales receipt. Tubes have been replaced twice. The current one's are nothing special (or so says the guy wanting to buy it.) Has had main caps replaced by Brier Sound Center in San Diego (authorized Mcintosh center) and one of the output RCA jacks and thermistor was replaced also.

MR71 tuner that doesn't tune anything in, all controls work, light up, etc. It's a 6/10 cosmetically. Have receipts from original purchase.

C26 Preamp, that looks great 7/10 (new glass), but has 2 noisy pots and 1 static-ey pots. Also, headphone jack only works out of one channel. Everything else is nominal. Was serviced about 10 years ago (have receipts.)

MR71 and C26 have panlocs and are in cabinets I made myself. Not incredible looking but nice.

Am I getting ripped off? Any advice would be appreciated.

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Topic - Question on some old gear (McIntosh) - Oltraver 10:37:08 07/31/08 (19)

RE: Question on some old gear (McIntosh) - hakka26 15:44:21 07/31/08 (0)

RE: Question on some old gear (McIntosh) - Oltraver 13:13:30 07/31/08 (1)

the prices I quoted are from... - docw 16:02:12 07/31/08 (0)

RE: Question on some old gear (McIntosh) - Michael Samra 12:45:36 07/31/08 (11)

RE: Question on some old gear (McIntosh) - tbcblues 13:39:35 07/31/08 (0)

RE: It's guys like him that live well... - Steve O 13:01:05 07/31/08 (9)

an' besides - PakProtector 15:29:54 07/31/08 (5)

RE: an' besides - Michael Samra 15:50:09 07/31/08 (4)

Iff... - PakProtector 16:38:16 07/31/08 (3)

RE: Iff... - Michael Samra 23:58:05 07/31/08 (0)

RE: Iff... - Oltraver 17:07:02 07/31/08 (1)

As a...color, a shade of purple grey...:) - PakProtector 17:37:31 08/01/08 (0)

RE: It's guys like him that live well... - eedork 14:44:51 07/31/08 (0)

RE: It's guys like him that live well... - Michael Samra 14:08:41 07/31/08 (1)

RE: It's guys like him that live well... - Steve O 19:44:29 07/31/08 (0)

rip off indeed!!! - docw 12:39:38 07/31/08 (0)

RE: Question on some old gear (McIntosh) - Marantzguy 11:06:34 07/31/08 (0)

RE: Question on some old gear (McIntosh) - Oltraver 11:00:47 07/31/08 (0)

RE: Question on some old gear (McIntosh) - Phil D 10:45:46 07/31/08 (0)

Question on some old gear (McIntosh)

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