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In Reply to: RE: Thank you. (n/t) posted by readargos on August 09, 2014 at 11:23:53
Well written but I disagree that MF is good stuff. I had a 308 cd player for years and never appreciated why my cheap turntable and cartridge sounded so mulch better, It wasnt an improvement over the Cal Icon Mk II I had previously from the early days of cd. Even the use of a Lavry dac didnt help as much as I had hoped. When I needed a repair I was treated with contempt by MF even after I had searched and found an authorized repair facility in the US. I now have an Ayon 07s which in MF's wildest dreams cant even be approached by any MF player/dac.
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You're right that MF has had issues with service in the States. They changed importers 3 times over the past 10+ years, first with Kevro, then Signal Path, and finally Tempo Distribution. MF has also lost some of their dealers with the most recent changes. Now they've opened Musical Fidelity North America, which I hope will be a change for the better. I figure North America is a larger market than the U.K./Europe (though hi-fi is perhaps taken more seriously there), so the company ought to iron out customer service issues. I also think MF went in a different direction sonically starting the the kW line (the regular production units that replaced the A308 as top-of-the-line, not the Tri-Vista gear).
Glad you found something you liked with the Ayon, which has gotten only positive attention, and has stunning looks to boot. I've not been fortunate enough to hear a CD 07. The tubed CD players of my experience include the Aj! Njoe Tjoeb 2000 (owned the basic model - no upsampler) and the BAT VK D-5 (heard with familiar material in several different systems over the years).
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