Available for In-Store Shopping Only Experience the power and clarity of music with the McIntosh MA9500 Integrated Amplifier. Its unique McIntosh Autoformer™ design guarantees your speakers will always receive 300 Watts of clean, effortless power - perfect for any speaker impedance. As the upgraded version of the award-winning MA9000, the MA9500 takes performance to new heights. Power Guard - McIntosh designed and patented circuit that prevents speaker clipping. Photo-optics react in 1/1000th of a second to regulate power levels to speaker, protecting the speakers and the amplifier. A waveform comparison circuit continuously monitors both input and output signals. Power Guard dynamically adjusts the input level to avoid clipping while preventing harsh sounding distortion. Sentry Monitor - McIntosh designed and patented circuit that activates in case of accidental “shorts" in speaker wires. Fuse-less short-circuit protection circuit disengages the output stage before current exceeds safe operating level-resets automatically. McIntosh Monogrammed Heatsinks Home Theater PassThru 8-Band Equalizer Output Autoformer - Unique McIntosh technology delivers the full rated amplifier output with the least possible distortion into loudspeaker impedances of 2, 4, or 8 Ohms; you get all the power you paid for and the freedom to choose any loudspeaker. Output Per Channel 300W Number of Channels 2 Speaker Impedance 2 or 4 or 8 Ohms Rated Power Band 20Hz - 20kHz Total Harmonic Distortion 0.005% Dynamic Headroom 2.8dB Frequency Response 20Hz - 20kHz - +0, -0.5dB 10Hz - 100kHz - +0, -3dB Damping Factor >40 Analog Inputs 2x Balanced 6x Unbalanced 1x Moving Magnet Phono (RCA) - Adjustable Loading 1x Moving Coil Phono (RCA) - Adjustable Loading Digital Inputs 2x Coaxial (RCA) 2x Optical (Toslink) 1x MCT 1x USB (Type-B) 1x HDMI Arc Outputs 1x Balanced Variable 1x Unbalanced Fixed 2x Unbalanced Variable 1/4" High Drive with Headphone Crossfeed Director (HXD) DAC Type 8-Channel, 32-bit/384kHz PCM/DSD, Quad Balanced Sample Rate Coaxial - 24-bit/44.1kHz to 192kHz Optical - 24-bit/44.1kHz to 192kHz MCT - 16-bit/44.1kHz (CD), DSD64 (SACD) USB - 32-bit/44.1kHz to 192kHz (PCM), DSD64, DSD128, DSD256, DSD512, DXD352.8kHz, DXD384kHz Dimensions (WxHxD) 17 1/2" (44.5cm) x 9 7/16" (24cm) x 19 3/4" (50.2cm) Weight 101lbs (45.8kg)
