Technical Description

not come easily. Many months of design, testing and mea- suring were required. Extensive controlled listening tests, the ultimate form of measuring, were made before the final design was accepted.

Design Philosophy

The design philosophy incorporated in the MC602 in- volved several different techniques, all based on sound sci- entific logic. Every stage of voltage or current amplifica-

tion must be as linear as possible prior to the use of nega- tive feedback. McIntosh engineers know how to properly design negative feedback circuits so they contribute to the extremely low distortion performance expected from a McIntosh amplifier. The typical McIntosh owner would never accept the approximately 100 times higher distortion of many non-feedback designs.

Double Balanced Push-Pull design is used from input to output. Each half of the amplifier contains complimentary

Block Diagram

of both

Amplifer Channels

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McIntosh MC602 manual Design Philosophy