MCGARY AUDIO

Since his childhood, Mike McGary has been intrigued with vacuum tubes and audio equipment. His fond memories listening to music using tube equipment his father built further invigorated his passion for having his own audio system at a young age of 13. He then saved money for over two years to purchase his first audio system (speakers and stereo receiver that cost over $700 in the late 1970’s, and is still operational today). Ultimately, given his passion for music reproduction and audio equipment design, led Mike to pursuit an engineering degree. Thus, the creative audio products that could be brought to fruition with Mike’s education and passion started during college, and continue today.

Mike has been designing, building and repairing/restoring audio equipment for many years using his electrical engineering background, mechanical acumen, and design talents. Since his business debut in 2017, Mike has brought to the audio market three remarkable vacuum tube audio amplifiers. These three amplifiers (SA1, SA1E and SA2) demonstrate the wonderful designs and audio qualities that received numerous accolades and stellar reviews.

When Mike started marketing and selling his creations, his vision was to provide the best value amplifiers in terms of cost, creative designs, features, quality of components, rugged construction throughout, and most importantly- sound quality. He is committed to providing the best by backing these products with a lifetime warranty. His philosophy is, “If my name is on it, it truly means something special to me…I’m passionate about audio and want to share it with others. I could always do it cheaper using lower quality components, same old textbook designs, and offer a 1 year warranty, but I then would never put my name on the products.”

Mike McGary does each and every design, all testing and personally hand builds all of his products in Gainesville, Virginia.

SA1E

• Class AB Ultralinear Output Stage tube amplifier with low (9 dB) feedback.
• Compatible with many tube types: 6L6GC, KT66, KT77, EL34, E34L, 6CA7, 6550, KT88 and KT90.
• Capacitor multiplier circuit used for input and driver stages to minimize noise/hum.
• American made custom power and output transformers.
• 4 & 8 ohm output taps utilizing custom made McGary Audio gold plated binding posts.
• Gold plated RCA input connections located on the rear panel.
• American made 13-Gauge steel enclosure…powder coated throughout (Midnight Blue metallic base with satin black top plate is standard color scheme for SA1E).
• Russian made ceramic tube sockets with silver plated terminals (attached directly to the chassis).
• Point-to-point and tagboard hand wired construction with 16-gauge Teflon insulated silver plated copper wire, Cardas silver solder for all electrical connections, Solen Teflon/Film Foil, Wima and Nichicon Muse capacitors, and Vishay precision metal film resistors.
• Detachable IEC power cord supplied.
• Standard tube complement: (2) NOS JAN General Electric (6BQ7A) input and (2) NOS General Electric (6SN7GTB) driver vacuum tubes, (4) Russian KT90 matched quad EHX output vacuum tubes. Other output tube types are available upon request.
• Self-bias output tubes require no bias adjustments. 
• Timed delay relay surge controller for slow start turn-on and increased tube life.
• Potted power transformer for silent operation.
• Electrical Engineer designed and hand built in Gainesville, Virginia 
• Lifetime warranty (excluding the vacuum tubes- 90 day warranty from date of purchase)