What is a McIntosh Autoformer?

The McIntosh Output Autoformer is a special transformer that is designed and manufactured in-house by McIntosh. This allows any speaker type to be used with a McIntosh amplifier and have all of the power that the amp is designed to deliver.

What class are McIntosh amps?

McIntosh Announces Class-D amps.

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What is the most powerful McIntosh amplifier?

McIntosh MA12000
McIntosh has taken the wraps off its “most powerful integrated amplifier ever.” The MA12000 pumps out 350 watts per channel, a whole 50 watts more than the US firm’s super-sized MA9000 amp.

What does an Autoformer do?

Autoformers are used in industries to stabilize voltage and lower the operating cost of equipment. When the unit is in Automatic and the park or input voltage is 116 volts or below, the output is 10% over the input. When the input is over 118 volts, the output is 2% over the input.

What is the most powerful amplifier in the world?

McIntosh has taken the wraps off its “most powerful integrated amplifier ever.” The MA12000 pumps out 350 watts per channel, a whole 50 watts more than the US firm’s super-sized MA9000 amp.

How many amps does a McIntosh mc452 amplifier produce?

McIntosh claims a peak output current rating of 75 amps. Although McIntosh makes more powerful amplifiers of the monoblock variety, the MC452 is currently their largest, most powerful stereo model.

Why should I buy the McIntosh 452?

The McIntosh 452 did not disappoint as performance after performance sprang to life stirring emotions within me as it revealed subtle nuances of music heard at realistic levels mimicking the large room it was originally recorded in.

What is the difference between the mc462 and the mc452?

(McIntosh claims a 66% increase in dynamic headroom over the MC452, achieved by a big increase in power-supply filter capacitance.) The MC462’s distortion is specified as not exceeding 0.005% at rated power output, and as no more than 0.002% in the mid-frequencies.

Where are the autoformers in the McIntosh mc452?

It would seem that the designers at McIntosh Labs rightly assumed most owners would want their MC452 openly displayed front and rear rather than left behind closed audio cabinet doors. Located directly behind that beautiful front panel are two Autoformers and in between them one very large thirty pound output transformer.