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In Reply to: Re: I'd suggest you.... posted by Byrd69 on May 12, 2007 at 19:31:02:
My suggestion would be to hook it up and run it for a time. 1st impressions should be discounted - good or bad. If underwhelming, have your local tech check it out and document what needs to be done. As an alternative, ship it to Mc; their repair department prices are more reasonable than you'd think. The 29 is a rather good preamp and as it moves a bit away from the tube voicing of the earlier Mc preamps is more in line with today's expectations. Also having a lower noise threshold over a stock 28, it overcame 1 of the more legit complaints about the 28. The 28 with a little work can still be with the best of them today but the 29 corrected some of the 28s design and production engineering issues. It's only area where the 28 is better out of the box is the phono preamp. I could have lived as easily with a C29/MC2205 combo that replaced the C28/MC2105 pairing. The 29 is young enough where the caps may still be good though it is in the age range where they should be looked at.
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