JohnyT
pfm Member
My new Musical Fidelity Nu-Vista Vinyl phonostage arrived a couple days ago. It replaces the Musical Fidelity M3X Vinyl which I bought a few months back. To be fair to the M3X it keeps up extremely well! If I hadn't got the OK from the boss I would of been happy for it to be a life long keeper! I know the Nu-Vista needs some bedding in time so not the fairest comparison but still very impressive.
After a disaster with my also brand new Cadenza Bronze (topic for another post) I've only had half a day to listen to a MC cart. As mentioned not a massive leap forward from the M3X in detail, but the Nu-Visa tubes bring that smile you get when listening to that tuby goodness. It's smooooooth baby that's the only way I can describe it. I don't mind telling you it brought tears to my eyes at one point, its that emotionally engaging. I'm sure those of you with a more full on tube setup get this in spades! With that said I'm guessing the NU-Vista tubes are a bit of a compromise. The substantially longer life and other conveniences which come with this unit we're a big draw. Proper big tubes give off a lot of heat and can be fussy where their placed, for me it was just better this way.
Any way for now I'm back to my trusty MP-500, again like the MX3 Vinyl the Nu-Vista is a great match for it. Guessing usually wouldn't make sense to put a £500 cartridge on a £3k stage but theirs still that little more musicality to pull out if you do.
Loving the looks I really dig the beefy heatsinks on the side, their just for show I think as it doesn't give off much heat. The M3X felt high quality and sturdy, the Nu-Vista is a beast in this department. In fact it's starting to overshadow the A-S1200 that sits bellow.
So as you can probably tell I'm a very very happy camper. Just gotta wait for my replacement Cadenza Bronze to be the cherry on the top. As for the old (well 6 months old) M3X Vinyl, sadly I have it up for sale along with a some other unused hardware. Would liked to have kept it for a secondary setup or something but was one of the conditions from the woman herself
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After a disaster with my also brand new Cadenza Bronze (topic for another post) I've only had half a day to listen to a MC cart. As mentioned not a massive leap forward from the M3X in detail, but the Nu-Visa tubes bring that smile you get when listening to that tuby goodness. It's smooooooth baby that's the only way I can describe it. I don't mind telling you it brought tears to my eyes at one point, its that emotionally engaging. I'm sure those of you with a more full on tube setup get this in spades! With that said I'm guessing the NU-Vista tubes are a bit of a compromise. The substantially longer life and other conveniences which come with this unit we're a big draw. Proper big tubes give off a lot of heat and can be fussy where their placed, for me it was just better this way.
Any way for now I'm back to my trusty MP-500, again like the MX3 Vinyl the Nu-Vista is a great match for it. Guessing usually wouldn't make sense to put a £500 cartridge on a £3k stage but theirs still that little more musicality to pull out if you do.
Loving the looks I really dig the beefy heatsinks on the side, their just for show I think as it doesn't give off much heat. The M3X felt high quality and sturdy, the Nu-Vista is a beast in this department. In fact it's starting to overshadow the A-S1200 that sits bellow.
So as you can probably tell I'm a very very happy camper. Just gotta wait for my replacement Cadenza Bronze to be the cherry on the top. As for the old (well 6 months old) M3X Vinyl, sadly I have it up for sale along with a some other unused hardware. Would liked to have kept it for a secondary setup or something but was one of the conditions from the woman herself
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