I have listened to it at a local shop for about two hours total driving Quad L series and some Totems with the the A5 CDP. I thought it was very sterile. There weren't any glaring flaws just sterile. Many better options at the $2.5k price range. IMHO.
How good is the Musical Fidelity A5?
I've read + heard great things about this unit on a limitted basis but Audiogoner's seem to have little interest in tihs player for some reason. I have seen only one comparison of this unit on this site and that was against the Cary 303 / 300 (yes I did read the TAS article which compared it to the Lector). Has anyone done extensive listening on this unit?