I blew it!
I did it, oh man, I bought the pre-amp that I have been looking for. Not specifically this one, but close. I have wanted this brand of equipment for years and years and now I have found an affordable (reasonably and relatively inexpensive) McIntosh Preamplifier. I am currently running a Yamaha C-70 Preamp, which is AWESOME and will see duty in my office system. It has been acting up, so I may take the opportunity to get it over to my good friends’ house and clean it up a bit and replace some of the inner electronics. So I was on EBay and did a search for McIntosh C and chose newly listed, I see this beauty, and it’s within my price range. It is not perfect, it seems to have a crack on the glass and a little bit of the paper inner label material seems to be peeling away. I will see what it will cost to get it re-done once it becomes noticeable, or if I have other work done to it. I am going to check with my friend and see if ...