McIntosh MX117 Tuner/ Preamplifier- Vintage Audio Review Episode

In this episode I look at McIntosh MX117 AM/FM Tuner Preamplifier- its performance & features.
00:00 Introduction
01:15 “Tour” of Outside of MX117
06:14 “Tour” of Inside of MX117
07:53 Measurement Data
10:00 Loudness effect
11:42 THD/SNR @1khz & 2.5Vrms out
13:19 Max Voltage Out
15:45 System Noise
19:59 Listening/ Final comments

[@scottshular7061]

Hello, is this unit for sale?

[@vintageaudioreview]

It is not my unit, but a friend's- if it is it will be on the Tucson Craigslist.

[@jasonkilo8167]

One turntable, two tonearm? One mm, one mc

[@vintageaudioreview]

Thanks for the comment. This unit just has inputs for two MM's, though there are several preamps I have seen that have both an MM & MC input. Even before CD's, I was not into vinyl enough to have a TT with two arms and cartridges for each. Or have even had a MC cartridge. I do appreciate listening to records now and then, however, and sometimes the sound is really nice.

[@jasonkilo8167]

Currently building my own turntable, and tone arm. Will probably use mm, can't afford Mc. Lol

[@vintageaudioreview]

@@jasonkilo8167 Ultimately it is still vinyl, so a decent mm will be just fine- good luck.

[@urwholefamilydied]

Oh wow... those LED's are really abrasive and gross. Not a fan. Not sure why they didn't just do a VU meter. The red LED's on the entire thing are actually pretty abrasive. Ya, not digging that part of it. Couldn't imagine this being in my listening station.

[@vintageaudioreview]

Thanks for your comments and honesty. I am guessing they wanted to be different using LEDs. My videography did not do them justice. I thought they were kinda neat, to be honest, but would take a little getting used to where meters are pretty straightforward.