I posted this on Audiokarma, but I figure the advice here could be even better.
Just curious if you think this is a "good move" or not. There is a McIntosh MC 7270 power amp for sale locally, and if I can get it for ~1500-1600 I might jump on it (it's severely overpriced at the moment). What I would do then is essentially have monoblocks (one 7270 on each channel). I'd be going from 1 power amp in stereo at 270W/channel to 1 amp on each channel in mono at 540W.
Would that be much of a gain over my current set up? For what it's worth, if I could get it for $1600, that would put me at about $2800 total into both 7270s. Maybe I'm pissing my money away at this point.
I'm currently set up with:
Speakers:
JBL L250 (upgrade to 250Tis in progress, need to build CC networks)
JBL B460
Cables:
Audioquest evergreen cables
DIY speaker cables using CAT5 cable
Pre/Power:
C32 Pre
MC 7270 Power (stereo, powering the 250s)
JBL Pro Amp 6260 (mono, powering the B460)
Source:
Rega table with RB300 tonearm (including Incognito rewire and Michell TecnoWeight)
Dynavector MC 10X5 cart
Sony CDP-650ESd (for occasional cd listening)
Thanks,
Greg