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The McIntosh MC-2300 is a solid-state power amplifier which was built by the American high-end audio company McIntosh Laboratory between 1971 and 1980. [1] Jerry Garcia in 1987 with an MC-2300 in the lower-right corner of the picture. McIntosh produced the MC-2105 (with blue meters) and the MC-2100 (without) between 1969 and 1977.
Schematic drawing of the Grateful Dead's wall of sound. Stanley and Dan Healy and Mark Raizene of the Grateful Dead's sound crew, in collaboration with Ron Wickersham, Rick Turner, and John Curl of Alembic designed the sound reinforcement system in an effort to deliver high-quality sound to attendees of Grateful Dead concerts, which were drawing crowds of 100,000 or more at the time.
At this time the Grateful Dead only used amplifiers made by McIntosh Laboratory. Alembic sound engineer Jim Furman (later Janet Furman) was dispatched by helicopter with $6,000 cash to nearby Binghamton to obtain five additional 600-watt MC 2300 models, their most powerful amp at that time. Furman located the company owner, bought the amps off ...
The Grateful Dead began using McIntosh Labs amplifiers in the mid-1960s at the insistence and funding of sound technician and prolific LSD chemist Owsley Stanley. [148] Garcia began using a specific McIntosh MC 2300 in 1973, eventually christened with a Budweiser Budman sticker placed on the front in 1974 and making it a unique way of ...
On March 23, 1974, the Grateful Dead's "Wall of Sound" debuted at the Cow Palace [29] in Daly City, CA (and then subsequently on other tour locations). It reportedly used forty-eight 300-watt per channel (600 wpc in a bridged monoblock configuration) McIntosh model MC2300 solid state amplifiers for a total of 28,800 watts of continuous power to ...
Dan Healy is an audio engineer who often worked with the American rock band the Grateful Dead. [1] [2] He succeeded Alembic and Owsley "Bear" Stanley as the group's chief sound man after the Wall Of Sound in 1974 and subsequent band hiatus through 1975.
Robert Gene Heil (October 5, 1940 – February 28, 2024) was an American sound and radio engineer who created the template for modern rock sound systems. He founded the company Heil Sound in 1966 [1] and built touring sound systems for bands such as The Grateful Dead and The Who. [2]
Perhaps chief among them is that it is live Grateful Dead at its most accessible, with the Dead sounding vivid and tight and full of pep, characteristics shared by all four shows on May 1977: Get Shown the Light. Compared to most Grateful Dead shows, Cornell '77 (and its chronological neighbors) are excellent places for (some) newbie listeners ...