Treat Your Headphones to McIntosh Vacuum Tube Amplification.

The MHA200 Vacuum Tube Headphone Amplifier is designed for discerning headphone enthusiasts who demand the most from their headphones. Its versatile set of connectivity options, including balanced inputs and outputs, allows for nearly all headphone types to be connected to enjoy an extraordinary personal listening experience.

A pair of 12AT7 and 12BH7A dual triode vacuum tubes power the compact MHA200. The 12AT7 vacuum tubes amplify the incoming audio signal while the 12BH7A tubes provide the power to drive the output to your headphones with low distortion. The MHA200 uses a pair of McIntosh Unity Coupled Circuit output transformers to deliver pristine audio to your ears. Their Unity Coupled Circuit is the same technology McIntosh was founded on in 1949 and is still used in their vaunted full-size home audio vacuum tube amplifiers such as the timeless MC275 and the more recent MC1502. Indeed, the MHA200 shares many physical design traits with the aforementioned vacuum tube amplifiers.

“The McIntosh MHA200 Tube Headphone Amplifier is a contender for the best tube headphone amp manufactured to date, and easily outperforms more complex and unnecessarily feature-encumbered designs loaded with unnecessary additional tubes… It has ZERO musical flaws to report and is nearly perfect in execution.” Highly recommended. – Positive Feedback

A wide assortment of connectivity options come on the MHA200. For attaching your headphones, there are 3 options: a pair of 3-pin balanced XLR connectors for dedicated Left and Right balanced output; a 4-pin balanced XLR connector for balanced stereo output; and a 1/4″ stereo headphone jack.

For connecting the MHA200 to your home music system’s source components, it has 1 set each of both balanced and unbalanced inputs. Thanks to the MHA200’s small size of just 6-1/8″ (15.6cm) wide x 9-1/8″ (23.2cm) deep and its balanced inputs, it can be placed close to your listening position for ease of use, with long balanced audio cables connecting it to your audio system without fear of signal loss.

The MHA200 takes advantage of unique McIntosh technologies to create the best possible personal listening experience. The Unity Coupled Circuit transformers have been adapted to produce 4 headphone impedance ranges of 32 – 100, 100 – 250, 250 – 600, and 600 – 1,000 Ohms at 500mW so that virtually every headphone can receive legendary McIntosh sound quality and performance.

The MHA200 is a hell of a headphone amplifier.” It “will impress, entertain and impress again indefinitely.” With the MHA200 “you can enjoy as good a headphone experience as is currently available.” – HiFi+

The MHA200 Vacuum Tube Headphone Amplifier is for discerning
headphone enthusiasts who demand the most from their headphones.
- Offers a versatile set of connectivity options, including balanced
inputs and outputs, allowing nearly all headphone types to enjoy an
an extraordinary personal listening experience.
- Three options for attaching your headphones: a pair of 3-pin balanced
XLR connectors for dedicated Left and Right balanced output; a 4-pin
balanced XLR connector for balanced stereo output; and a 1/4” stereo
headphone jack.
- Uses a pair of our Unity Coupled Circuit output transformers to deliver
pristine audio to your ears.
- The Unity Coupled Circuit transformers have been adapted to produce
4 headphone impedance ranges of 32 – 100, 100 – 250, 250 – 600, and
600 – 1,000 Ohms at 500mW so that virtually every headphone can
receive legendary McIntosh sound quality and performance.
- Powered by a pair of 12AT7 and 12BH7A dual triode vacuum tubes.
- Thanks to the MHA200’s small size of just 6-1/8” (15.6cm) wide x
9-1/8” (23.2cm) deep and its balanced inputs, it can be placed close to
your listening position for ease use, with long balanced audio cables
connecting it to your audio system without fear of signal loss.
- Includes volume control so it can be connected directly to music sources
that have fixed volume output.

HEADPHONE OUTPUT SPECIFICATIONS
- Headphone Power Output: 500mW
- Headphone Output Impedance:
32-100 Ohms
100-250 Ohms
250-600 Ohms
600-1,000 Ohms

ELECTRONIC SPECIFICATIONS
- Power Output per Channel: N/A
- Speaker Impedance: N/A
- Rated Power Band: 20Hz to 20kHz
- Total Harmonic Distortion: 0.5% maximum harmonic distortion at any power level from 250 milliwatts to rated power, 20Hz to 20,000Hz
<0.20% at 1W, 20Hz to 20,000Hz
- Intermodulation Distortion:
0.04% Typical
0.4% Maximum
- Dynamic Headroom: 1.5dB
- Frequency Response: +0, -0.5dB from 20Hz to 20,000Hz
- Sensitivity (Unbalanced): 1.0 Vrms
- Sensitivity (Balanced): 2.0 Vrms
- Maximum Input Signal (Unbalanced): 8V
- Maximum Input Signal (Balanced): 16V
- Signal To Noise Ratio: 94dB
- Input Impedance (Balanced / Unbalanced): 20K/10K
- Damping Factor: >150
- Preamplifier Output: N/A
- Preamplifier Output Impedance: N/A
- Voltage Gain:
12dB at 32 Ohms
17dB at 100 Ohms
21dB at 250 Ohms
25dB at 600 Ohms
- Power Guard: No

CONNECTIVITY
- Headphone Output:
One pair of 3-pin balanced XLR connectors for dedicated Left and Right balanced output;
One 4-pin balanced XLR connector for balanced stereo output;
One 1/4" stereo headphone jack
- Balanced Input: 1
- Unbalanced Input: 1
- Digital AES/EBU Input: 0
- Digital Coaxial Input: 0
- Digital Optical Input: 0
- Digital MCT (DIN) Input: 0
- Digital USB Input: 0
- Preamplifier Output: 0

DIGITAL AUDIO SPECIFICATIONS
- Digital AES/EDU Input Sample Rate: N/A
- Digital Coaxial Input Sample Rate: N/A
- Digital Optical Input Sample Rate: N/A
- Digital MCT (DIN) Input Sample Rate: N/A
- Digital USB Input Sample Rate: N/A

CONTROL
- Tone Controls: No
- Power Control Input: 1
- Power Control Output: 1

GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS
- Output Meters: No
- Vacuum Tube or Solid State: Vacuum Tube
- Power Requirement: 120V 50/60Hz, 1.5A
- Standby Power Requirement: <0.5 Watts
- Output Type: Unity Coupled Output Transformer

WEIGHTS & DIMENSIONS
- Unit Dimensions (W x H x D): 6-1/8" (15.6cm) x 5-3/4" (14.6cm) x 9-1/8" (23.2cm)
- Unit Weight: 10.5 lbs (4.8 kg)
- Shipping Weight: 12 lbs (5.5 kg)

Orders ship Sunday through Friday from our offices in Dubai, UAE.

In-stock products typically ship within 48 hours and should be expected to arrive in 3-4 business days. Orders outside of the UAE should be expected to arrive in 5-7 business days.

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If you would like to place a custom order, chat with our specialists for a guided shopping experience. Once your order has been placed, a timeline will be provided depending on your order details.

- Free delivery within the UAE
- Shipping charges will be calculated upon checkout for orders outside of the UAE (Bahrain, Oman, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia & Qatar).
- Taxes and duties are calculated according to the applicable laws of the state or country an item is shipped to and are the customer's responsibility.

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Installation charges are applicable and can be paid upon delivery for our clients based in Dubai.

- Installation Charges: AED 450 Per Hour
- Speaker Cables: AED 32 Per Meter
- Trunking: AED 10 Per Meter

For clients based outside of the UAE, please contact our specialists and we will share an estimate based on your requirements.