For those of you who missed the original, the reissue MC275’s are still in production today. Following this huge demand the reissue 275 was added to their permanent lineup.
For that first run only 4500 were produced and all were pre-sold before they arrived at the dealers. It wasn’t until 1993 that McIntosh reissued the MC275 to the delight of audiophiles worldwide. The MC275 certainly was a great love to many an audiophile then and now. “If ever I would leave you, How could it be in springtime? Knowing how in spring I’m bewitched by you so? Oh, no! not in springtime! Summer, winter or fall! No, never could I leave you at all! Perhaps, like Lancelot singing to his love Guenevere in “Camelot” (1960), they might have looked at the final 275 coming off the production line and sang: If only in that final day of MC275 production they had decided to keep the 275 as well as producing transistor amps.
Looking back at that day in audio history, I wish Frank McIntosh and Gordon Gow would have changed their mind. The thought back then was that transistor amps produced more power for less money and you did not have to fuss with tubes. McIntosh, along with many other manufactures during that time, switched over to making transistor-designed amps. Manufactured in Binghamton New York from May 1961 through July 1973,after twelve years McIntosh finally laid the original 275 to rest.
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