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Music Amplifier M-60 Mk. III

M-60 
MkIII Amplifier
Golden Ear Award
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For years now the M-60 in its various forms has been the subject of the Soundstage!.com Hall of Fame Award, The Absolute Sound Golden Ear Award, numerous accolades in the press and on the web. The M-60 Mk. III continues that tradition with classic styling and its award-winning State-of-the-Art performance. The M-60 Mk. III gives you the features and precision performance of our larger models in a 60 watt, easy-to-live-with package. The amp operates class A and is unconditionally stable with proven reliability. The power tubes are inexpensive, readily available and do not require any matching. Now sporting a classic open chassis construction, the M-60 Mk. III sets the bar for amplifier performance.

FEATURES

  • Exclusively triode-based, vacuum tube circuitry
  • Class A operation
  • automatic Bias- no adjustment needed
  • Patented Atma-Sphere direct-coupled (OTL) output stage
  • Balanced Differential Design®
  • Mono chassis construction
  • Easily monostrapped for greatly increased power
  • Standby switch for long output tube life
  • Single stage of gain
  • rear-mounted XLR and RCA input connectors
  • VU meter for power and tube monitoring
  • Proprietary, precision grade components used throughout
  • Low-noise "star" ground circuit
  • Fully hand-wired electronics; no circuit boards!
  • Classic open chassis construction, with Wrinkletex finish
  • Three-year general warranty, one year on output tubes

OPTIONS

  • custom Teflon® coupling caps $300
  • V-Cap Teflon® caps $500
  • Power supply boost $360
  • Caddock® resistor package $1000
  • polished stainless front panels (shown on the amps above) $360

SPECIFICATIONS

  • 60 watts/channel into 8 ohm load/ 45 watts/ch. into 4 ohms/ 80 watts/ch. into 16 ohms
  • Power bandwidth: 2 Hz - 75 kHz within 1/2 db
  • Input impedance: 100Kohm single-ended, 200Kohm balanced
  • Input voltage for full output: 2.83V
  • Frequency response (1 watt): 1 Hz - 100 kHz within 3 dB
  • Intermodulation Distortion: .05% @ full power
  • THD: typically under 1% with proper setup.
  • 20 Hz square wave tilt: unmeasurable
  • Phase shift: less than 1 degree @ 20 kHz
  • Power supply storage: 140 Joules/chassis
  • Input impedance: 100K single-ended, 200K balanced
  • Output section risetime: 600 V/micro-second
  • Output Impedance: ~4.1 Ohms
  • Feedback: 1 db
  • Power consumption: 300 watts/chassis
  • Tube complement: 8 6AS7/channel and 4 6SN7s
  • Weight: 30 lbs./chassis
  • Dim: 17" wide x 13" deep x 8" high

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