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About the C500T
The McIntosh C500T Tube Preamplifier is part of the luxurious two-box C500 stereo preamplifier design, where the C500C controller handles power supply and control, separate from the C500T audio processing chassis using vacuum tubes (eight 12AX7 tubes: four in high level circuit, four in phono). It offers MM and MC phono stages (MC uses solid-state step-up modules), home theater passthrough, powerful headphone amp, stereo output meters, fully balanced design, variable rate volume control, silent switching, and dual regulated R-Core power supplies. Manufactured from 2007 to 2015, it is no longer produced but praised for reference-grade sound with natural presence, low noise floor, superb phono performance, and flexibility for tube rolling or swapping to solid-state C500P.
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