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AmplifiersPre-AmplifiersPhono Pre-Amps
Estimated price (community-sourced)
$6,500 - $8,500
Around — community and catalog average, updates slowly
About the C53
The McIntosh C53 is a premium 2-channel solid-state preamplifier offering exceptional audio fidelity through its dual-mono design and separate power supplies per channel. It features 16 inputs (including 3 balanced, 4 unbalanced, and a phono stage) alongside McIntosh's proprietary 8-band tone control system (±12dB adjustment per band). The unit delivers a frequency response of 20Hz-20kHz (±0.5dB) and maintains a total harmonic distortion of just 0.005%.
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