You can disable the meter lighting if you desire. A generously-sized display screen is centered on the front panel and is flanked by the trademark McIntosh blue output meters, which glow when the unit is powered on. Not only useful, it is also a very creative design touch. The top of the chassis sports a neat schematic of the components and signal paths that each input & output follows along with the file types supported by each input. The front panel is black glass with brushed aluminum end caps. The chassis is constructed of stainless steel in a mix of hairline-brushed “Black Titanium” and polished steel finishes. If you’ve been following the high-end audio scene at any point in the last 50 years or so, you know exactly what a McIntosh product looks like. Can the McIntosh D1100 2-Channel Digital Preamplifier be the centerpiece of your digital music system? Let’s hook it up and find out. As someone who listens to nothing but digital files, I figured I’d be a good test for the D1100. McIntosh took things one step further by imbedding a high-quality DAC right inside. While there has been a recent resurgence in vinyl playback, it seems that many audiophiles are gravitating towards file-based playback and the D1100 is targeted squarely at those customers. Eschewing any analog inputs, the back panel contains nothing but digital connections. The D1100 2-Channel Digital Preamplifier is something of a split from the traditional for McIntosh. As such, when the opportunity to review McIntosh’s latest preamplifier/DAC combo presented itself, I jumped at the chance. Spanning from my appreciation for the sound quality offered by high resolution disc formats like SACD and DVD-Audio, file-based high-resolution music is a natural progression for me. While I have typically been more a home theater/multi-channel audio kind of guy, I have been slowly delving into the realm of high-resolution stereo.
McIntosh Labs, D1100 2-Channel Digital Preamplifier, Preamplifier, 2-channel, stereo preamp, Preamplifier Reviews 2017
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