McIntosh MA5300 Integrated Amp Review

Is it powerful enough to push a set of B+W 683 tower speakers?

How would you compare the McIntosh ma5300 to a Yamaha as1200,2200, or the rn2000a?

Please remove the word "review" from the title and replace w "promo". No hate, just a grain of honesty would be good for your viewers.

Ate this rack brackets removable?

Streamer? Come lo connetto?

There is a lot of contempt and prejudice towards this little Mac considered by some as a sub-Mac, the poor man's Mac and not as a real McIntosh because it does not have the famous Autoformers. Why so much hatred ? Is it really justified ?

Proud owner of a MA5300, love it.

What speakers would you pair with it ?

I bought one and had to send it back. Having to use Y connectors for sub is unacceptable. Lot better choices at this price point

How much are those amps?

That red power button kills the looks for me. As a graphic designer, they should have used the green of the McIntosh logo so it didn't clash so much, but I digress.

Outstanding review! Do you recommend it with a pair of Klipsch RP-500M bookshelf speakers? Just consider that everything would be in a smal room and the volume would NEVER go over 1/3 of the range. Thank you!

Has anybody run this with a pair of Klipsch LaScala AL5's? Wonder how that combo would sound.....

if I didnt know better...which I dont, I would say this is a advert for Mcintosh

I’m looking at this or a Hegel, I’m poor so what would be best??

Where are the imported parts from off this amplifier? and what are those!?

"Recent history"? They basically invented HIFI audio.

Bought an MA 5100 in the late 60s. Mid 80s it blew an output transistor. Macintosh declined to repair it. They lost me then.

I saw McIntosh for the first time at an audio salon in Salt Lake in 1959. It was love at first sight, but as a 15 year old it was completely the stuff of young audiophile dreams. I loved the look...totally unique in the audio amp industry...the feel...and the sound was so so good. After aspiring to this level of excellence for another 60 years, I finally picked up the MA5300 last year. My Mom used to say (frequently) "A thing of beauty is a joy forever." I don't know of anything I've owned in my long lifetime that fulfills that statement better. It's like having the Stradivarius of electronics. Still in love 60 years later...

I'm from Binghamton, the factory is about 10 minutes from my house. Mac makes amazing gear!

C32, MC2155, and an MR78 tuner - amazing classic combo!

This isnt a review. Its an overview. i like the vid. Its Just named wrong.

did this guy even listen to the product?

This is what Richard Branson does when he is not building a space plane.....

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Thanks so much for the information 👍👍

does anyone can tell how the good is the headphone section of this amp, if given a rate 1 to 10 compare to mha150 would it justfy the extra cost

Great Explanation... Subscribed!

Great video

Unfortunately the MA5300 doesn't have any OUTPUTS. Buyer beware if you have analog or digital recording decks that you want to connect. And don't use the preamp out with a Y-cable splitter to send signal to powered subwoofers (for instance). It sucks. IMHO, at this price point these kinds of things shouldn't have been ignored. I mean really, how much more could it possibly cost to add a couple of analog outputs?

Proud to have the MA 5200 . Almost like the newer 5300 . Excellent review.

WHAT IS A MCINTOSH MA5300 INTEGRATED AMPLIFIER? IS THIS A GOOD BUY TO REPLACE MY ROTEL STEREO POWER AMPLIFIER (RB-1552 MKII) AND MCINTOSH MX130 A/V TUNER CONTROL CENTER SOUND SYSTEM? CAN I GET RID OF ROTEL POWER AMP & MCINTOSH MX130 A/V TUNER CONTROL CENTER IN LIEU OF THE MA5300? APPRECIATE YOUR FEEDBACK.

Any amp, regardless of make and/or price, is only as good as the speakers connected to it.

great revie btw..i did not know power guard,,good t know..

i have one..its an amazing piece of equipment

His hands move as he talks just like the meters move on the amp.

More of a geography lesson

I'd sell my mother to get one of these, have wanted one since the 70s , but not the pocket ..as if yet..

I'm very new to this and really appreciate your thorough explanations of features and technologies.

Sounds like a manufactory presentation, not a reveiw.

Awesome! I’m a McIntosh gear owner and I’m proud to say so. I just ignore the haters.

Excellent review keep it up!

They use less quality components than before, including power Suply.
Economists are destroying the world

And bring back analog VUs... for Christ sake,

Wow! Didnt even know yall were still in Raleigh, my hometown. Bought my first pair of Sennheiser headphones for 80bucks back in 80 something and still gottem! In Winston Salem now but will be visiting you guys soon. Hope you treat us old construction workers with more respect than I get here in Winston. Like Audio just like the rich people . Glad you guys are still here. Always got good service back in the day!

Great review. Impressive.

A detailed review. Thanks!

So beautiful 😍