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The McIntosh MA7000 is one of the most powerful and full-featured integrated amplifiers McIntosh has ever made, offering 250 watts per channel at 2, 4, or 8 ohms using McIntosh's unique Autoformer technology. It features a high-quality phono input, two balanced XLR inputs, and one balanced XLR output to feed an external amplifier. The amplifier is an all-analog Class AB design with beefy output transformers, ensuring pure and distortion-free sound with less than 0.005% total harmonic distortion. It includes a 5-band equalizer allowing 12dB boost or cut at center frequencies of 30, 150, 500, 1500, and 10,000 Hz to optimize speaker performance. The MA7000 also has illuminated power meters, a Power Assurance System for protection, and a fiber-optic illuminated glass front panel for lasting aesthetic appeal. It weighs close to 100 pounds and comes with a remote control. The unit is sonically transparent and accurate, embodying the signature McIntosh sound known as "The Sound of the Music Itself."
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Size, weight, and appearance
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The closest alternatives on specs, description and the systems they turn up in, with the specs they share set side by side.
The Ampzilla 2000 Second Edition's power @ 8ω is 300W against the MA7000's 250W, its signal-to-noise 120 dB against 115 dB, its power @ 4ω 540W against 250W, and its thd 0.050% against 0.005%.
The KA I 180 Mk2's power @ 8ω is 180W against the MA7000's 250W, its signal-to-noise 112 dB against 115 dB, its power @ 4ω 300W against 250W, and its thd 0.030% against 0.005%.
The MA7900's power @ 8ω is 200W against the MA7000's 250W, its signal-to-noise 113 dB against 115 dB, and its power @ 4ω 200W against 250W. Both share thd (0.005%).
The E-480's power @ 8ω is 180W against the MA7000's 250W, its power @ 4ω 260W against 250W, its signal-to-noise 97 dB against 115 dB, and its thd 0.050% against 0.005%.
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