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Some photos of some of my old MF gear ...
MVX pre and A370ii power -
http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/i...psba26e7ed.jpg
A5 cdp -
http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/i...00/MFA5cdp.jpg
The fabulous A1 FBP pre !! -
http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/i...0/DSCF7032.jpg
The boring A308 pre and the excellent A3 power! -
http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/i...eUnosSpain.jpg
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I used to own a B200 amp for 4 years (my 1st amp without tone controls), was very happy with it SQ wise, & never had a problem, until I decided I needed to replace it with an Audiolab 8000A for the tone controls :doh:.
Was the MF NuVista M3 any good?
S.
Agree with Jerry on the A370 ( Jerry did I buy it from you?) A good all round amp. Not small though!
Started my journey with MF via an X80, which at the time I thought was good, and moved up through the chain with the A3 integrated, and then A3 pre and power, and then onto the A3.2 pre and power.
Throw in the tube buffer for good measure too, and the A3.2 CD player.
I was happy with it until one of our trade friends advised me that there was lots of better stuff on the market for similar prices.
A370: Name a better sounding high power (about 220WPC into 8R in practise and getting near double into 4R) UK amplifier. Even now ;)
Yes, I think you did, now you mention it!Quote:
Originally Posted by Ali Tait
I think you did an immediate re-cap on it with good results? It was a fine sounding beast before that, as well.
Those grab handles on the front were a god-send! - made a hard 1-man lift quite easy. More manufactrurers of big kit should do that, imo.
Two things I don't like about MF:
1) I met the boss once many years ago at a hifi show and decided he was an arrogant asshole.
2) A dealer around the same time suggested that some products going for review had different parts ie better, than the production models.
Having said that I did, at the time have an A1 which was very good but I wouldn't buy any MF stuff now.
Funny how one remembers some encounters from around 30 years ago but I still wouldn't piss on him if he was on fire.
IMHO of course and without prejudice.
I completely agree with Jerry here - I was hugely impressed with the A1 FBP and the fact that you can pick one up now for around £350 makes it one of the best audio bargains of recent years, in my opinion. I'd have one myself if it wasn't for the up/down button volume control which I dislike intensely - only B&O seem to implement these effectively.Quote:
Originally Posted by jandl100
We also had an M1 turntable in the listening room at Mordaunt Short when I worked there and I liked it a lot. It looked great, too!
I am about to auction my Tri-Vista SACD player for £1 no res on ebay - listing should go up today.
Was listening to it last night. Excellent bass from it I must say and rest pretty damned OK really. One of the busted transport ones, though:(