Justin & Jerry's Hifi Blog

[DSJR]

Gosh - it is irritating when someone quotes a whole long post when the original is just one space up. ... and then just puts a couple of lines of their own at the end of it.

And yes, the MF pre is working just fine, thanks. Any particular reason why it shouldn't? It's a bit beyond your "area of expertise" I'd have thought - doesn't it come way after your oft-mentioned "years in the trade"!

Does the edit suit you now?

MF is MF is MF Glad you like it and that it's working properly and currently to your satisfaction

[jandl100]

Does the edit suit you now?

MF is MF is MF Glad you like it and that it's working properly and currently to your satisfaction

Tee Hee - you couldn't resist getting in one final dig could you! That wasn't really a "peace" post at all.

Eeeee - you are a lad.

[Spectral Morn]

Does the edit suit you now?

MF is MF is MF Glad you like it and that it's working properly and currently to your satisfaction

Indeed Dave a wee touch cheeky imho. Having much more recent experience of MF (while in the trade) there was nothing wrong with reliability of MF products. Their only real recent problem was their first SACD player but that was the fault of the mech and any company that used that mech had similar problems with it.

Now MF sound quality, well I parted company with them 're liking the way their kit sounded' after the Tri-Vista series but that is down to personal taste and nothing else.


Regards D S D L

[MartinT]

Their only real recent problem was their first SACD player but that was the fault of the mech and any company that used that mech had similar problems with it.

It was a Philips drive, I believe? Krell had to scrap their SACD player for the same reason.

[jandl100]

re: MF.

I've had pre-amps, power amps, integrateds, CDPs, DACs ... many years experience overall. I've never had a single reliability issue in all that time.

As to the sound - well, it varies. Some did nothing for me (one of the DACs was hopelessly bland, another was 'orribly bright, the 308 pre was bland, too), others I like muchly (the A370 power amp Ali bought off me, an F18 power amp was a great driver for Martin Logan CLS2z stats, and my current A1 FBP pre is still ticking the right boxes for me).

[jandl100]

I did a swap deal for my old Myryad MCD600 CDP, a very nice machine, imho ... and got this Cyrus 8X cdp in exchange.



Ho-hum ... Cyrus. Not a lot of audiophile cred there - it should be an easy sell on fleaBay though, and I'll recoup the cost of the Myryad, so I guess I'll move it on pretty quick.
Some good reviews on t'internet, though. But you could probably find a good review for rancid dog poo used as an LP cleaning fluid somewhere on the internet .... I mean, Cyrus, right?

Plumbed it in to my humble system ... hmm, a bit bright & grainy, and tonally lightweight. But the reviews say it should be left on for a couple of days, so OK I'll humour them and give it a go.
Of course, no way could I wait 48 hours - of my many fine personal characteristics, patience is not high on the list. So after 9 or 10 hours of playing silently on repeat I tried it again. Well, the bright graininess had largely disappeared, and a touch of welcome natural warmth was starting to intrude into the mids. And, by gum, the soundstage is a bit awesome.

OK - left it playing on repeat overnight - by late morning when I got around to trying it again my jaw sank heavily to the floor. This is one bloody fine player! Whodathawtit? Not me, for sure.

The grainy texture is gone. The mids are now gorgeously rich and natural - "beautiful" would be the 1WR (One Word Review), I think. Bass is solid and deep, but it doesn't "lead the sound" if you know what I mean. Still a bit lightweight in tonality - especially if compared to some bass heavy-hitters like Jake / lordmortlock's old Marantz SA KI Pearl cdp that has visited Jerry Mansions recently. But really quite fine nonetheless.

I've been playing this now for a few days and am continuing to enjoy it muchly. To be perfectly honest, I've not heard a 3D focussed soundstage as good as this before. Very nice indeedy.
I'm now on the lookout for a PSX-R outboard PSU to power it with.

Cyrus? ... I wonder what their pre-amps sound like ...?

[DSJR]

Can thi splayer be used with the PSX-R? This used to bring extra weight and warmth into the proceedings and may just tame the switch-on sonics...

Late reply re MF - The old-style A1 casing got me going I'm afraid. I know that most of their output in the last fifteen years or so has been well made and generally reliable - I love the ton-up X10-D I have. In all honesty, it's the company itself which causes concern, but this wouldn't apply to used items..

[jandl100]

Can this player be used with the PSX-R?

Yup.

[DSJR]

May improve it further, or at least, reduce the warm-up time in future. Same with a preamp should you get one...

[Themis]

Cyrus has always been of my favourite brands.
The 8xp integrated amp I've had was very good indeed, although not to the point of the Croft.