■ 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-audioready 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)1
 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.
Compact Control
1. The HDMI (ARC) input will only play audio from a compatible TV. It will not
pass video to or from a TV, or play audio from any non-TV source

SPECIFICATIONS

Frequency Response:
+0, -0.5dB from 20Hz to 20kHz
+0, -3dB from 15Hz to 100kHz
Total Harmonic Distortion:
0.08% Maximum from 20Hz to 20kHz
Inputs:
2 Unbalanced
1 Balanced
1 Moving Coil (adjustable)
1 Moving Magnet (adjustable)
Outputs:
2 Unbalanced
1 Balanced
Maximum Output Voltage:
Balanced: 16 Vrms
Unbalanced: 8 Vrms
Tone Controls:
Bass and Treble (adjustable)
Overall Dimensions (W x H x D):
12-9/32” (31.2cm) x 7-5/8” (19.4cm)
x 16-1/4” (41.3cm)
Weight:
18 lbs (8.2 kg) net,
25 lbs (11.3 kg) in shipping carton

For the Consumer’s Protection:
In order to ensure the highest level of customer
satisfaction, new McIntosh products may only be
purchased from an Authorized McIntosh Dealer;
and, with certain limited exceptions may only be
purchased over-the-counter or delivered and
installed by the Authorized McIntosh Dealer.
McIntosh does not warrant, in any way, products
that are purchased from anyone who is not an
Authorized McIntosh Dealer, or that have had their
serial numbers altered or defaced