McIntosh C2300 or C2500

[Audiophilehi]

Perfect timing for the 4th!! :woot:

Looks like some 4th of July celebrating for you. :bananasplit:

Congrats!! I look forward to your impressions.

Yes! Music marathon for 4th of July celebration! I will post my comments as well if I can pull myself away from listening. :exciting:

 

[2fastdriving]

Congratulations! I hear the 2500 is even better than the 2300, and the 2300 is a really great preamp. There has been much speculation about whether the dac in the 2500 is the same as in the D100. I doubt it is, others are sure it is. But before you ditch the D100, you should do some comparisons between the two dacs running through the 2500. I'd be very curious as to what your findings are.

You may want to keep the D100 as your dac if it does sound better.

 

[briweed]

I just sold my Herron amp, Pre, and phono and looking to get a new preamp. Read a lot of positive comments from C2300 owners but not much is out there on the C2500 since it's new

Has anyone here compared the C2300 and C2500?

Thanks!

I am a big fan of the 2300. I listened to the 2500 and could not hear any sonic difference. I guess it depends on if you want/need a DAC or not. I am a big fan of just having an analogue pre amp, nothing more. DAC's will improve over time and thus my opinion is to leave that as a separate component. Just my 2 cents.

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[joeinid]

Bump!

Paul any update on the C2500 preamp? Thoughts/opinions?