McIntosh C2200-FG Frank Gow Commemorative Vacuum Tube Preamplifier As a tribute to Frank Gow, McIntosh Labs has produced a limited quantity of C2200 Frank Gow Commemorative Edition vacuum tube preamplifiers, available exclusively from Audio Classics for $5100. Destined to be highly collectable, the "Frank Gow Commemorative Edition" insignia is gold etched into the glass front panel. These are new units in the original factory carton, with the remote, manual and factory warranty. [more]

K7 Rear Ported Compact Bookshelf Is Bigger Always Better?...Can Speakers Be Beautiful?
Snell Series 7 loudspeakers reveal the depth, impact and nuance in every music and movie soundtrack without the obtrusive look and placement conflicts of typical speakers. Handcrafted in Massachusetts from real wood and solid aluminum, the elegant Series 7 with its soft lines and superb finish plays perfect host to the technology inside. K7 Style and room architecture play a bigger role in home entertainment decisions than ever before. The smallest of the Series 7, the K7, is designed to perform as a full range monitor and integrate with most decors. Based on high performance drivers from SEAS, and quite a bit of magic from Snell’s chief engineer, Joe D’Appolito Ph.D., the K7 betters its award winning predecessor, the K.5mk2, in half the physical size. Fine-tuned with an individually calibrated crossover, the shoebox sized K7 plays music and movies at concert hall levels, with startling dimension and clarity.
With an original list price of $3,000 a pair, Audio Classics has a limited quantity of these speakers, NEW in Box at $1,499 Pair [more]

A7 Illusion Reference Tower The Illusion reference floor standing loudspeaker system embodies Snells very best design capabilities. With no limitations set on acoustical design, materials, and creative design, the Illusion is truly an audio enthusiasts masterpiece. Illusion is a graceful pair of tapering towers housing a full spectrum of fast, sublimely musical transducers, interacted with an exceedingly accurate crossover network in the Snell tradition. Illusion generates an exceptionally wide, realistic three-dimensional soundstage that puts voices and instruments not just in their proper location, but in their proper size relative to each other with consistent acoustic characteristics at every listening level.
With an original list price of $50,000 a pair, Audio Classics has a limited quantity of these speakers, pre-owned in excellent condition at $24,999 Pair [more]

J7 Rear Ported Bookshelf The J7 is the best bookshelf monitor ever developed by Snell, and for its small size, among the best in the industry. At just 16-inches high, the J7 can reproduce bass as well as most tower speakers, and output at concert hall levels. It can resolve the micro-details of nuance and texture, while eerily reproducing a palpable, three-dimensional soundstage. Developed by Snell’s chief engineer, Joe D’Appolito Ph.D., the J7 is a sophisticated two-way with a very low resonance, silk dome tweeter, and a long excursion 6.5-inch woofer. The crossover is constructed with dedicated circuit boards for both tweeter and woofer. This design assures very low distortion, and optimizes performance when the J7 is bi-amped or bi-wired. The natural cherry cabinet with solid metal end caps is virtually resonance free and hand made by Snell in Massachusetts. Accommodating real-world room conditions is perhaps the ultimate demand for a loudspeaker. Cosmetic standards like size and finish, combine with room placement requirements to add further challenges to speaker design. The beautiful, and compact J7 can be a prominent or a discreet part of your room decor. PLEASE NOTE: These J7 speakers are being sold individually and not as pairs.
With an original list price of $1,250 a each, Audio Classics has a limited quantity of these speakers, NEW in Box at $699 Each [more]

B7 Reference D'Appolito Array, Rear Ported Tower The goal, whether for music or film, is to transport the ingredients of realism, that is, texture, dimension and presence, to every seat in your living room. For 30 years Snell Acoustics has hand crafted speaker systems to envelop the listener with incredible bandwidth and precise imaging. The new full-range B7 tower extends this Snell tradition of musical realism. Designed by Joe D'Appolito Ph.D., Snell's chief Engineer, the B7 boasts dual 4.5-inch machined magnesium midrange drivers mounted over and under a 1-inch SEAS silk dome tweeter. This configuration, called a D'Appolito Array, is famous for providing a startling three-dimensional sound stage. The bass is anchored by two 8-inch aluminum, side-firing woofers, "Force Balanced" by their back-to-back placement. This arrangement filters unwanted cabinet resonance for more detail and authoritive bass. Designed for the real world of unpredictable room acoustics and placement considerations, the B7 is flexible to place and beautifully hand finished in natural cherry. The narrow profile real wood cabinets are veneer matched as pairs. The grilles and solid aluminum top plates are black. Like all Snell loudspeakers, each B7 is hand tuned for natural imaging and sonic depth.
With an original list price of $14,000 a pair, Audio Classics has a limited quantity of these speakers, starting pre-owned at $6,999 Pair or NEW in Box at $7,999 Pair [more]

McIntosh MC501 Power Amp The MC501 Monoblock Power Amplifier has been designed to meet the expectations of the most demanding audiophile. Quad-Differential Circuitry, exclusive to McIntosh, reduces noise and distortion to their lowest possible level. While the MC501 delivers a massive 500 watts continuous power into 2, 4 or 8-Ohms and over 1200 watts of peak power into low impedances, its noise levels are 124dB below rated output. This means that the MC501 combines super-high power with record-low levels of noise…nearly an impossible combination! The MC501 has a bold look yet is unmistakably a McIntosh. It features a 2-dimensional glass front panel containing a large peak-responding true-wattmeter, all illuminated with cool running, ultra long-life LED fiber-optic lighting. The chassis gleams in polished stainless steel and vertically mounted connectors at the back make attaching cables easier and takes up less shelf space. Both unbalanced and balanced inputs are provided along with three sets of huge, gold-plated speaker binding posts for high-performance speaker cables.
Audio Classics has a limited quantity of these amplifiers, pre-owned in excellent condition at $3799... [order]

McIntosh MC352 Power Amp Stereo: 2 x 350 watts (8/4/2 ohms). Mono parallel 1 x 700 watts (4/2/1 ohms). Balanced input. Exclusive McIntosh output autoformers. Ultra-low 0.005% distortion. Power guard. Sentry monitor. Thermal cutout. Turn on delay. Soft start inrush protection. Illuminated peak watt meters with hold. Fanless convection cooling. Glass front panel.
Audio Classics has a limited quantity of these amplifiers, pre-owned in mint condition at $4199 [more]