OUR PROMISE TO YOU:
Your Mclntosh C 26 must be capable of
performance as advertised or you will
get a refund of your purchase price.
No other manufacturer gives you this
promise.
VOLUME CONTROL; Precision "tracked" at all listening
levels for true stereo balance. The AC ON/OFF
switch is coupled with the volume control.
TAPE MONITOR SWITCH: Two switches, two position
mechanically interlocked.
AC OUTLETS:
1 unswitched (Red), 4 switched
LF
FILTER:
Flat,
or
roll-off below
50 Hz, 6 dB per
octave,
down 12 dB at 20 Hz
HF FILTER: Flat, or roll-off above 5kHz, 6 dB per octave,
down 12 dB at 20,000 Hz
SPEAKER
SWITCH:
MAIN—Switch
the
MAIN
Loud-
speaker ON or OFF without affecting the perform-
ance of REMOTE speakers.
REMOTE—Switch the REMOTE loudspeaker ON or
OFF without affecting the performance of the MAIN
speakers.
INPUT
SELECTOR:
6
positions
AUX
(auxiliary
or
spare),
TAPE 2, TAPE 1, TUNER, PHONO 1, and PHONO 2
MODE
SELECTOR:
7
positions:
LEFT
only
to
both
speakers, RIGHT only to both speakers, STEREO RE-
VERSE,
STEREO,
MONO,
MONO
to
Left
speaker
only,
MONO to Right speaker only.
HEADPHONES: For low impedance stereo headphones.
SECONDARY CONTROLS
CENTER CHANNEL LEVEL Top of chassis control to
adjust the output level of the left plus right program
material
at the
CENTER
CHANNEL
output
on the
back
panel.
PHASE CONTROL: Electronically reverse phase in the
left channel to correct "out of phase" program sources.
TRANSISTOR COMPLIMENT: 10 Silicon-planar tran-
sistors, 3 diodes
POWER REQUIREMENT: 117/125
volts,
50/60
Hz, 12
watts
MOUNTING: Mclntosh developed professional PAN-LOC
MECHANICAL SPECIFICATIONS
SIZE:
Front
panel—16
inches
wide
by
5
7
/
16
inches
high;
Chassis—15 inches wide by 5 inches high by 13
inches deep, including PAN-LOC shelf and bach
panel connectors; Knob Clearance—1½ inches in
front of mounting panel
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WEIGHT: 18 pounds net, 28 pounds in shipping carton
FINISH: Front Panel—Anodized goId and black with
special gold/teal panel nomenclature illumination
CHASSIS: Chrome and black
2
Chambers
St., Binghamton,
N. Y.
13903
Phone area 607 723 3512
Made in U.S.A
LABORATORY INC.
FRANCHISED DEALER
038-259
ELECTRICAL SPECIFICATIONS
FREQUENCY
RESPONSE:
+0
-0,5
dB 20 Hz to
20,000
Hz
DISTORTION:
Less
than
0.1%
at 2.5
volts
output,
20
Hz to 20,000 Hz
INPUT SENSITIVITY AND IMPEDANCE PHONO 1 and
PHONO 2—2 millivolts at 47,000 ohms for 2.5 volts
output.
AUX, TAPE 1, TAPE 2, TUNER—.25 volts at 250,000
ohms for 2.5 volts output.
HUM AND NOISE PHONO 1 and PHONO 2—74 dB
below
10
millivolt
input,
equivalent
to
less
than
2
microvolts at the input terminals.
AUX, TAPE 1, TAPE 2, TUNER—85 dB below rated
output.
OUTPUT- MAIN—2.5 volts with rated Input. Up to 10
volts can be developed without distortion.
TAPE—2.5 volts with rated input. PHONO input
signal of 10 millivolts produces 1.2 volts output.
CENTER CHANNEL (L I R)—2.5 volts. A level control
adjusts
the
CENTER
CHANNEL
output
from
-6 dB
to +6 dB with respect to MAIN output.
OUTPUT IMPEDANCE: MAIN—2,000 ohms, designed
to operate into 47,000 ohms or more
TAPE OUTPUT—About 200 ohms, designed to op-
erate into 47,000 ohms or more
CENTER CHANNEL (L + R)—About 1,200 ohms, de-
signed to operate into 47,000 ohms or more
FACILITIES
BASS
CONTROLS:
11
position
concentric
switches, sep-
arate controls for each channel, —20 dB to +16 dB
at 20 Hz
TREBLE
CONTROLS:
11
position
concentric
switches, sep-
arate controls for each channel, ±20 dB at 20,000 Hz
LOUDNESS; Flat response, or continuously variable
loudness equalization as volume level is reduced.
BALANCE: When program material is out of balance,
rotation of this control returns the program to
natural balance.
C 26 SPECIFICATIONS