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- Uses 12AT7 and 12BH7A dual triode vacuum tubes, with the McIntosh 'Unity Coupled' output transformer circuit (patented by McIntosh in the 1940s).

- The OPT allows 4 headphone impedance ranges of 32 – 100, 100 – 250, 250 – 600 & 600 – 1,000 Ohms at 500mW, to suit 'virtually every headphone'.

- Volume control in-built.

- Balanced (for long ICs) and unbalanced analogue inputs.

- 3 output options: a pair of 3-pin balanced XLR connectors for dedicated Left and Right balanced output; a 4-pin balanced XLR connector for balanced stereo output; and a 1/4" stereo headphone jack.

- Small footprint: 156mm W x 232mm L.

Joins McIntosh's existing MHA150 solid state Headphone Amplifier.

See McINTOSH MHA200 webapge.

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Instant Classic?

Lotsa $ spent on the chassis/Brand lettering though!

...and what about how they get to implement 'green glow' tubes?...

"I see music as a lifetime affair." [Rory Gallagher]

I would have thought that the obvious choice for McIntosh would have been blue LED light -

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Green leds is the traditional McIntosh brands colour.

Ugly to my eyes, especially the name tag.the layout looks awkward.

Yeah, that font looks a bit medieval

I thought blue was their colour.
The green lights under the valves looks China-hi-fi

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Blue backlit meters, green lettering and valve highlights. Main led screen is basically blue but has a green tinge.

The classic Mac look is what draws in old and new customers.

I don't mind the medieval font

'Gothic' i'd call it.

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Gothic 1100 to 1400. Medieval 5th to 14th centuries? Lots of cross over?

The font it's actually 'Blackletter' or such, I read.

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Feb 8, 2021 17:05:24 GMT 12 Owen Y said:

The font it's actually 'Blackletter' or such, I read.

Hmmm...

"I see music as a lifetime affair." [Rory Gallagher]

As a McIntosh owner I for the life of me do not understand the weird green tube glow. It is a cold & ugly colour with no relationship to what tubes actually look like & the glow we all enjoy. It is now ubiquitous in all there tube amps. At least in more recent units it can be disabled as apposed to earlier versions. The rest of the design is classic Mc & I like it

I've put Dimlight stickers www.lightdims.com/store.htm on my pre and amp to lessen the Christmas Tree effect

Maybe McIntosh could next make the tubes dance to the music.... (see 0.44 below )

I'm with beeman on this one.

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Is it further dumbing down of the brand ?

About a year ago when the hybrid integrated amp was released, many reviewers criticised it for paying lipservice to tubes.