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- Page 1 THE MclNTOSH MC 2 5 0 0 STEREO POWER AMPLIFIER Reading Time: 32 Minutes Price: $2.00...
- Page 2 Mclntosh you have purchased is a Model MC 2500. It has a serial number located on the rear panel 1. Loudspeakers can be damaged or destroyed high power of the chassis. Record that serial number here: available from the MC 2500.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
Your MC 2500 Stereo Power Amplifier can give you many years of satisfactory performance. If you Contents have any questions, please contact: CUSTOMER SERVICE Mclntosh Laboratory Inc. 2 Chambers Street Binghamton, New York 13903-9990 SERVICE CONTRACT INFORMATION Phone: 607-7233512 INSTALLATION... -
Page 4: Installation
Adequate ventilation is an inexpensive and effective Tapped weld-nuts and internal structure bracing has means of preventing insulation breakdown that been added to both sides of the MC 2500 for use with results from unnecessarily high operating tempera- Model CTS-116 side mounted slide assemblies tures. -
Page 5: How To Connect
Locate the cables away from AC power cords. Monophonic operation: A shielded cable from the signal source is con- Load Load nected to the Right/MONO input of the MC 2500. The Connect impedance Connect impedance MODE switch on the back panel of the amplifier... - Page 6 15 ampere capacity with nothing else connec- Monophonic operation: ted to the circuit. Do not plug the MC 2500 into an When the MC 2500 is used as a monophonic or auxiliary AC power outlet on a preamplifier or other...
- Page 7 Stereophonic Connections...
- Page 8 Mono-Bridge Connections...
- Page 9 Mono-Parallel Connections...
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Page 10: Front Panel Information
Turn the control clockwise to increase the vol- channel. Ordinary meters lack the capability of indi- ume. When the output of the MC 2500 is connected cating the short interval information in a sound for monophonic operation and the rear panel MODE wave. - Page 11 500 watts, the rated power output of the MC 2500. luminates. The meter is calibrated for 1000 watts at the right hand end of the meter scale. While the MC 2500 can- not reach this power level continuously, it is possi- HEADPHONES...
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Page 12: Rear Panel Information
For monophonic operation, proper interconnection provides 0.5, 1, 2, 4, 8, and 16 ohms The input sensitivity of the MC 2500 is 0.75 volts or from the same barrier strips. See page 3 for connec- 2.5 V depending on the position of the INPUT LEVEL ting instructions. - Page 13 When the amplifier has cooled it will automatically turn on again. AC POWER The MC 2500 is designed to operate on 120 volts 50/60 Hz. The amplifier draws 15 amperes line cur- rent when amplifying music or speech at rated out- put on program peaks.
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Page 14: Performance Limits
Mclntosh instru- 0.02% maximum if instantaneous peak power out- ment. We promise you the MC 2500 you buy must be put is 1000 watts or less per channel with both chan- capable of performance at or exceeding these limits nels operating for any combination of frequencies, or you get your money back. -
Page 15: Performance Charts
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Page 17: Technical Description
1, 2, 4 and 8 the left channel input amplifier is used as a phase in- ohms. The MC 2500 will deliver full power over the verter before the left output amplifier. The output entire audio frequency range at any of these im- channels are therefore 180°... - Page 18 These diodes have a uniform logarithmic characteristic over an 80 dB range. Only 60 dB of this logarithmic range is us- ed in the MC 2500. The full wave rectifier circuit uses an operational amplifier with silicon diode feedback networks. This amplified diode circuit has nearly perfect rectifica- tion characteristics.
- Page 20 MclNTOSH LABORATORY INC. 2 CHAMBERS ST., BINGHAMTON, N.Y. 13903-9990 607-723-3512 The continuous improvement of its products is the policy of Mclntosh Laboratory Incorporated who reserve the right to improve design without notice. Printed in U.S.A. 039292...
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