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RE: Fisher 500-C vs. Mcintosh 1500 receiver

Like Rich says,the mac 1500 does have a SS preamp but,it isn't necessarily a bad thing.The one I had recently rebuilt,I put in better transistors with a wider bandwidth and they don't run the transistors that hard to where they really damage the sound. FWIW,they actually have excellent detail and you are still going thru a very nice tube output stage with which the combination of the two,puts out an accurate,low distortion,wider bandwidth signal and its not harsh or dry in any way.
Gerry Manion has owned both, and I have several 500c and one 800c along with a pair of ma230s. I would gladly trade my clean 800c with wood cabinet,for a decent mac 1500.
"For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong" H. L. Mencken


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