McIntosh MC602 User Manual

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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-

Figure 12

Block Diagram

of both

Amplifer Channels

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