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December 06, 2023 by Admin
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Elevate Your Vinyl Experience with the Nu-Vista Vinyl 2: The Latest in Phono Preamplification
The Nu-Vista Vinyl 2 stands as the flagship among Musical Fidelity's phono preamplifiers, offering ultra-high performance and precise handling of MM/MC cartridges through a discrete Class A Nuvistor tube stage. Meticulously crafted with an imposing casework, this phono stage is engineered without practical limits, ensuring an overload-free input stage and unrestricted output driving capacity. Its singular purpose is to serve as a conduit for music, faithfully transmitting the artist's intent, emotions, and passion directly to your ears and heart.
Technical Talk:
In comparison to its predecessor, the Nu-Vista Vinyl, the Vinyl 2 introduces discrete and fully balanced audio circuitry. The phono pre-amplification incorporates three gain stages powered by fully Class A discrete transistor circuitry. The EQ stage is equally uncompromising, adopting a completely passive split-passive design for accurate representation of the ideal EQ curve. Supporting standard RIAA, DECCA, and COLOMBIA curves, the audio signals undergo processing on separate boards for each channel, featuring a fully balanced discrete Class A Nuvistor stage. The clean PCB layout and purpose-driven design ensure minimal noise and distortion with low output impedance, while individual RCA and XLR outputs cater to simultaneous use.
The Advantage of Discrete Circuits:
In contrast to integrated circuits (ICs), discrete circuits consist of individual electronic components, providing a neutral, natural, dynamic, and vivid sound characteristic of the Musical Fidelity "sound." While ICs offer efficiency, the rediscovered passion for traditional discrete designs involves extended design processes but results in superior sound quality for the investment.
Fully Balanced:
The Nu-Vista Vinyl 2 adopts a fully balanced design principle, treating the hot and cold signals independently. This true balanced amplifier extracts musical information from +/- signals, removing potential noise along the transmission path. Unlike pseudo-balanced amplifiers, the fully balanced design excels at suppressing unwanted noise, errors, and interferences, offering the best signal-to-noise ratio.
Extreme Cartridge Loading Options:
Individual setting options for MM/MC and loading are provided for each single-ended RCA or balanced XLR input. The Nu-Vista Vinyl 2 accommodates a wide range of voltage amplification (40dB to 69dB), ensuring silent operation at high amplification levels. Complex implementation involving signal relays, JFET transistors, and fully balanced design allows seamless integration with various cartridges.
Power Supply:
The Nu-Vista Vinyl 2 showcases the evolution of Super Silent Power Transformers, featuring industrial-grade power sockets, EMI filters, and DC blockers to eliminate interference and transformer hum. The purpose-designed toroidal transformer minimizes electromagnetic radiation for delicate phono signals. Each discrete amp stage employs a DC servo for optimal DC mode, powered by symmetrical low-noise power supplies. The fully balanced Nuvistor PSUs undergo passive filtering and regulation. An optional upgrade, the Nu-Vista Uni PSU (anticipated in 2024), enhances noise performance by relocating the AC mains power supply to a separate matching box, achieving superior mains and output filtering for pristine audio circuitry.
For more information about the Musical Fidelity Nu-Vista DAC call us on 01482 223096 or email shop@fanthorpes.co.uk
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April 23, 2025 by Admin
Devialet Introduce Elevate Programme for New Astra Amplifier
The long awaited successor to Devialet‘s successful Expert range of amplifiers is finally here. The French company has announced the arrival of their latest creation, Astra.
Like the Expert range, Astra is a all-in-one integrated amplifier with in-built streaming, a DAC and a phono stage. There are two models – the Astra Solo which is a single stereo unit or Astra Dual which uses two units in a dual-mono configuration for twice the power. There is also two finishes with the standard light bronze and the upgraded gold leaf ‘Opera De Paris’ edition.
April 04, 2025 by Admin
Another exciting week ahead at Fanthorpes HiFi, packed with in-store demos, home installations, and trade-ins! From PMC Prophecy vs. Dali Epicon speaker comparisons to setting up Martin Logan electrostatic speakers and listening to the new Bryston Bi200 amplifier, we’ve got another busy week ahead.
March 28, 2025 by Admin
A Week in the Life at Fanthorpes HiFi – Speaker Showdowns, High-End DACs & Classic Amplifier Installs
Another week at Fanthorpes HiFi to look forward to, and we’ve got an exciting lineup of speaker comparisons, in-store demonstrations, brand visits, and installations. From PMC vs. Audio Physic to trip down to Wisbech, here’s what’s happening next week in the world of Fanthorpes HiFi.
March 21, 2025 by Admin
Another week at Fanthorpes HiFi brings more exciting demos, customer installations, and rare trade-ins. From listening sessions with Chord Electronics to hands-on setup of legendary turntables like the Garrard 301 Classic, we look to have a packed schedule filled with some of the best HiFi equipment available.
Here’s a look at what we’re been up to next week!
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