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MC2000 Tube Power Amplifier New Millennium Edition 50th Anniversary 1949 - 1999 MC2000 OWNERS MANUAL A Brief History of McIntosh Frank H. McIntosh Gordon J. Gow For Fifty Years 1999 is the 50th year of business for McIntosh Laboratory of Binghamton, New York. It all started when Frank H. McIntosh organized a small electronic engineering consulting firm in the Washington, DC area. One of the many goals his firm addressed was the need for a high quality audio power amplifier. No existing amplifier at that time could reproduce the entire audio range from 20Hz to 20,000Hz with low distortion. Mr. McIntosh had a dream. He wanted to create an audio power amplifier that would far surpass the limited performance capabilities of any power amplifier available in 1948. Mr. McIntosh assembled a small team of talented and dedicated people who shared his ideas, and formed the original McIntosh Engineering Laboratory. This beginning staff included Gordon J. Gow and from 20 cycles to 20,000 cycles with less than 1% distortion. Now it was possible to reproduce music with a new degree of sonic accuracy that had never before been possible. The success of the company was secure. Additional new models were added and the company expanded into new facilities in Binghamton, New York in 1951. At that time the company name was changed to the now familiar McIntosh Laboratory, Inc. Gordon Gow advanced to become ExecuThe Original McIntosh tive Vice Presi50W1 Power Amplifier dent of Sales and after Frank McIntosh retired, became Company McIntoshs First Amplifier After months of research, the President for the last twelve dream had become reality. The years of his life. Maurice L. original McIntosh Power Am- Painchaud became Vice Presiplifier, the 50W1, was created. dent of Operations and the This amplifier was the first that Company Controller, and was could truly be described as High appointed President after the Fidelity, with 50 watts output untimely death of Gordon Gow. Maurice L. Painchaud, both of whom would spend the rest of their productive lives working for the company that later became McIntosh Laboratory, Inc. Initially both Mr. Gow and Mr. Painchaud were directly involved in design engineering. Maurice L. Painchuad Sidney A. Corderman 2 The MC2000 was Designed by Sidney A. Corderman Sidney with the famous McIntosh MC275 which he designed Sidney A. Corderman In 1951, Sidney A. Corderman joined the Company as Chief Engineer. He was directly involved with the designs of all the successful McIntosh products from that time on. His electronic genius is unparalleled in the industry, and the advanced performance of McIntosh products reflects his expertise. McIntosh audio electronics have become the international standard for superior performance. After 50 years, McIntosh Laboratory is still producing stereo equipment dedicated to the same basic philosophy of providing the finest possible reproduction of music. The management and financial assistance of the pr