McIntosh MA8900 vs MA352 Integrated Amps. Solid State or Hybrid?

The 3 Audio Stooges decide to compare the 2 most popular McIntosh Integrated amps. The Ma352 is a hybrid design, rated at 200w/ch @ 8ohms, 320w/ch @ 4ohms. It uses tubes for the preamp section while the power amp is a Class AB Direct Coupled design without McIntosh's venerable Autoformers

The MA8900 is rated at 200w/ch into 2,4 or 8ohms, designed using the famous McIntosh Autoformers.

The system we used was the Lumin T2 streaming Tidal using Roon. Speakers were Sonus faber Serafino. All cables were Nordost Valhalla V2

List of recordings:

Jay:
Flight of the cosmic hippo - bela fleck
Jean pierre by markus miller
Gaia by James Taylor
Liberty by anette askvik
Bass I love you by bassotronics

Vilip:
Yazoo - Ode to Boy
Tish Hinojosa - Poquita Fe
Ella and Louis - The Nearness of You

Adrian:
For a small list of what I used, please watch this video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dn6P0z_9Zkw&t=1210s

I also mention a lot more of the songs I normally use in other recent videos.

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