McIntosh - McIntosh Amplifier MCC602TM

You know the electronics business has come a long way when you encounter

a product like the McIntosh MCC602TM. Back in the Golden Days of home audio

you might run into a massive stereo amplifier, built like a tank, gorgeous glass

face plate with huge glowing blue meters, fully discrete, fully balanced, a classic push-pull

capable of 300 watts per channel across 20 Hz to 20,000 Hz with virtually

no distortion (0.005%THD). But in car stereo?

It's a fact. The MCC602TM is just such a beast. Dual MOSFET PWM Regulated

power supplies can pull that power from a battery rated at just 12-volts without

shutting down everything else in your car or requiring a second deep cycle

battery or alternator. You can even bridge this monster to produce 600 watts

at the same bandwidth and distortion levels. With this kind of power you probably

don't even need speakers. Just tape the speaker leads to your car door and the

amp can shake the whole car. Current output is equally awesome and the system

is stable even into 1 ohm.

Balanced noise-canceling inputs are used to eliminate distortion caused by

other sources in the car. McIntosh technology allows you to hook these inputs

up even if your head unit lacks balanced outputs - these balanced inputs can

be directly connected to the bridged speaker outputs of any head unit.

An In/Out Pass Through provides easy hookup for multi amp systems.

Each input has an individual level control and the inputs are summed for

use on the subwoofer output. You can control the sub output through

a remote sub level control - a nice feature.

With all this power, you can't neglect protection - nobody likes car fires

or smoked speakers. Here again McIntosh technology comes into play.

Power Guard keeps you from over driving the amps. Actually, your ears

will probably do this long before the Power Guard does but it's there as a

back up. Sentry Monitor watches the power output stages on all channels.

In the unlikely event that power surges dangerous enough to threaten the

massive high current output devices suddenly appear, Sentry Monitor will

shut down the power supplies and save your amp. Of course, a current surge

that massive probably means your car has been struck by lightning, so the

amp might be the only thing not cooked. Multi-stage Thermal protection uses

temperature monitors mounted in the extruded aluminum cooling tunnel to

control a variable-speed cooling fan. Although normally off, this fan will

automatically turn on and will increase its speed as additional cooling is needed.

On the short list of Amps-O-The Gods, the mighty McIntosh MCC602TM is a

prominent resident. Incredible build, sophisticated power supplies, huge power

and current output, attention to detail in both construction and performance,

and - superficial though it is - those incredible glowing blue meters and visible

Autoformers gleaming through that famous glass top panel - the MCC602TM is

the stuff car audio dreams are made of.

NB

DNA CAR AUDIO  can offer a bespoke installation service, please call store.