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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.
On 14 October 2021 during a Sotheby's auction called "From the Vault: Property from the Grateful Dead and Friends" [12] several portions of the Wall sold including a portion of the center vocal cluster and a handmade Alembic speaker cabinet for $17,640. Also sold were multiple McIntosh MC-2300 amplifiers, one sold for $94,500.
Frank H. McIntosh and Gordon Gow co-founded McIntosh in 1949. [8] [9] The company was originally located in Silver Spring MD. It moved to Binghamton NY in 1951. Dave O'Brien joined McIntosh in 1962. He led the McIntosh Amplifier Clinics for the next 29 years. Dave retired on June 11, 1999, after 38 years of service with McIntosh. [22]
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. [149] 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 ...
While the famous Dead "wall of sound" did not formally debut until March 1974 at the Cow Palace in San Francisco, many of its elements were already being used at this concert, including McIntosh 2300 and 3500 amplifiers, noise-canceling vocal mics, and plentiful JBL drivers. Despite complaints about the delays, the consensus of reviewers was ...
The latest “The Walking Dead” spinoff, “The Ones Who Live,” premieres on AMC Feb. 25, reuniting Andrew Lincoln’s Rick Grimes and Dana Gurira’s Michonne for the first time since 2018 ...
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.