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First off, Musical Fidelity invests heavily in circuit design to produce sound that equals or surpasses that of amplifiers costing two or three times as much. Antony Michaelson, founder says, "Whether someone likes our sound is a personal matter, but Musical Fidelity only releases products that meet our tough standards - the sound has to be exciting, rich, full, realistic and fulfilling. In general, the reviewers feel that our products are ones they want to listen to."
Next, beautiful appearance. Musical Fidelity invests in external design to achieve harmony in every detail. Antony Michaelson comments that, "Each product is designed to combine form and function. The idea is make an amplifier perform beautifully for all the senses - the eyes as well as the ears."
Finally, value for money. Musical Fidelity is proud to offer good value. "Reviewers often write that a Musical Fidelity sounds better than an amplifier costing two or three times the price. Sometimes we are asked why we don't charge more for our products. I think the question really is, why do other companies charge so much more for amplifiers that offer much less in terms of quality and components?"
Musical Fidelity is for people who love audio and music. Customers who choose Musical Fidelity can have a superb audio system - and some money left over to buy tapes or CDs, too.

MUSICAL FIDELITY A3.2 DUAL MONO INTEGRATED AMPLIFIER

Dual Mono
Better transient response and imaging.
Also greater depth of field.
Nu-Vista M3 Circuits
Improved technical and sonic performance.
More sweeter top end.
Phono stage
High quality phono stage mm/mc with very accurate RIAA and low noise.
Active pre-out
Allows very simple passive bi-amping.
Separate transformer windings
for preamp stage
Improved inter-stage isolation gives better sonic performance

MUSICAL FIDELITY A3.2 CD PLAYER

Upsampling.
This gives greatly improved sound due to digital noise and other artefacts being moved out of band.
Highly sophisticated PSU.
Allows complete circuits to operate ideally, giving truly extraordinary results.
Very low jitter.
Low clock errors mean more harmonic accuracy and dynamic range..

MUSICAL FIDELITY A-5 INTEGRATED AMPLIFIER

In our opinion almost all hi-fi amplifiers available are grossly underpowered. With speakers of anything less than 95dB efficiency it is a fact that amplifiers with less than 200 wpc are clipping (and that means distortion and non-linearities) frequently. The Musical Fidelity A5 has 250 wpc and is capable of reproducing proper dynamic range into all but the most inefficient loudspeakers. It has fabulous technical performance and a delicate neutral sound which belies its great muscle power potential. The A5 sounds rather like a super quality tube amplifier but with guts and proper dynamic range. Coupled with the A5 CD we reckon there isn't much available, at any price, which offers better performance than this pair. The kW 500 is definitely better but then that's pretty well the best amplifier made in the world today.

MUSICAL FIDELITY A308CR CD PLAYER

96kHz upsampling.
Takes all the digital rubbish out of band and gives
incredibly smooth, natural sound.
Very low jitter.
Low clock errors means more harmonic accuracy
and dynamic range.
Same as the Nu-Vista CD but without nuvistors.
Essentially sounds the same as one of the best CD players ever made.

MUSICAL FIDELITY kW 500 Tube Hybrid Integrated Amplifier

The new limited edition kW 500 continues Musical Fidelity's tradition of making super performance integrated amps. It is once again the most powerful integrated amplifier ever made. While the kW 500 is as powerful as you will ever likely need, it sounds like a sweet single ended triode amp when the need for delicacy is required. The kW 500 super integrated amplifier has been designed to have no coloration, massive power and current delivery, virtually limitless stability margins, almost no distortion from virtually DC to in excess of 100kHz, with minimal feedback, and super-quiet mechanical and electrical performance. You will be hard pressed to find any amp at any price that can make these claims.

MUSICAL FIDELITY A324 UPSAMPLING DAC

Exactly the same circuit as the Nu-Vista 3D,
but without nuvistors.

Truly incredible sound available from almost any CD player
Full multi-stage choke regulation.
Extremely clean power supply lines and immunity from mains borne interference, which is particularly critical with CD players.
Upsampling at 96kHz and 192kHz.
Allows optimisation of matching to CD transport.
Massive output stage.
Will drive any combination of preamp and cable up to about 20 feet in length

MUSICAL FIDELITY X-LPSV3 MC/MM Phono Stage

The circuitry in the X-LPSV3 is similar to that used in expensive electronics. The RIAA is very accurate, the noise ratio is excellent and overload margins are good. Generally, its technical performance on both MM and MC is equal to some highly expensive stand-alone phono stages. Subjectives are personal, but we think that the X-LPSV3 will stand comparison with the best. It doesn't have a high price tag so many will not even look or listen to this little marvel.
Separate dedicated MM and MC inputs.
Allows use of either cartridge type for the best possible results.
Wide overload margin.
Extended headroom allows effortless handling of transients and dynamics.
Sophisticated PCB layout, with very close attention given to optimizing circuit layout, the result of 30 years' experience with phono.
Low noise, low distortion and accurate RIAA gives a dynamic crystalline sound.
Very low noise circuits.
Maximum available dynamic range and low level detail resolution.

Musical Fidelity Website http://www.musicalfidelity.com

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