Item: HALCRO MC30 (Perth)

Location: Perth but will post/courier at buyer's expense

Price: $2200 (big reduction to sell)

Reason for selling: Simplified to Plinius Hautonga integrated amp & 101CD

Item condition: As new

Payment method: Pickup - Cash, Direct Deposit or PayPal with any fees

HALCRO MC30

Purchased new in mid 2015 from Magenta Audio who have confirmed the balance of the 5 year warranty is transferable. Three totally independent channels each with 400W RMS into 4 ohms, so can use just two channels for stereo and have the third for a centre channel, an unpowered subwoofer or just keep unused as a spare. RRP was $7000 and Magenta is currently selling one on eBay for about half that. Comes with original double box packaging, manual etc.

Excellent reviews for the 2, 3 ,5 and 7 channel amps (see also SNA forums):

http://www.stereophile.com/solidpoweramps/406halcro/#jcDqkoweIgJszguW.97

http://www.stereomojo.com/HALCRO%20MC20%20POWER%20AMPLIFIER%20REVIEW/HALCROMC20POWERAMPLIFIERREVIEW.htm

http://www.htguide.com/forum/showthread.php?14511-Halcro-MC20-Power-Amplifier

http://www.audiophilia.com/wp/?p=3961

http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/power-amplifiers/power-amplifiers-reviews/a-secrets-amplifier-review42.html

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Edited January 28, 201610 yr by psychometrics1

Looks good, that's for sure.

Good luck

I have the Halcro price lists here somewhere...from memory the MC30 was north of the number you mentioned.

Thanks for both comments. I think it is a pretty good price regardless but I need to make some space.

Does your CD have a pre-section? Just wondering what sort of pre-amp would be the next level of expense to sit alongside this power amp ?

My CD player doesn't have a preamp section and I have tried many dedicated preamps with both the Halcro and a Metaxas M3 and so far prefer my vintage Yamaha C70 pre which was less than $1k. Mostly my experience is that a separate preamp and a specialist CD player makes a huge difference, eg using my Oppo95 with its volume control was not good enough but a Modright version as advertised in SNA or a Krell or QUAD might be. There are some preamp bargains on SNA from time to time too at around $1k.

As I suspected. The Halcro MC30 recommended retail was $8,789. I have the manufacturer price list in-front of me here...so this example represents a very good buy.

Yes it is a good buy.

My mc20 (2 challenge version) with my Arc valve pre did well with my Duntechs. Alot of amp for the money in my opinion.

Now sold. I donated $50 to SNA last year in anticipation of a sale.