C8

Vacuum Tube Preamplifier

The C8 Vacuum Tube Preamplifier has an open chassis industrial design similar to our popular MC275 Vacuum Tube Amplifier, MC830 Solid State Amplifier, and MA252 and MA352 Integrated Amplifiers.

Powered by four 12AX7a vacuum tubes housed inside stylish protective cages.

Comes with 1 balanced and 2 unbalanced analog inputs, plus 1 Moving Coil and 1 Moving Magnet phono inputs with adjustable loading. 1 balanced and 2 unbalanced outputs.

Does not come equipped with any digital inputs, but it is digital-audio-ready as our DA2 Digital Audio Module can be installed in it as an optional dealer installed upgrade.

The DA2 has 7 digital inputs: 2 coax, 2 optical, 1 USB, 1 MCT (for use with our line of SACD/CD Transports), and 1 audio-only HDMI Audio Return Channel (ARC) connection. Supports up to DSD512.

Bass and treble tone controls help fine tune your music to your personal preferences.

Comes with our High Drive headphone amplifier that has plenty of power and flexibility to drive a wide range of headphones.

Power Control can automatically turn other connected McIntosh components on and off. Data Ports can send remote control commands to connected source components.

• Frequency Response: +0, -0.5 dB from 20 Hz to 20 kHz; +0, -3 dB from 15 Hz to 100 kHz
• Total Harmonic Distortion: 0.08% Maximum from 20 Hz to 20 kHz
• Inputs: 2x Unbalanced, 1x Balanced, 1x Moving Coil (adjustable), 1x Moving Magnet (adjustable)
• Outputs: 2x Unbalanced, 1x Balanced
• Maximum Output Voltage: Balanced: 16 Vrms, Unbalanced: 8 Vrms
• Tone Controls: Bass and Treble (adjustable)