Musical Fidelity X series amp and CD player


Has anyone in this forum had a listen to the new X-150 or X-80 together with the X-ray v3. I am looking to setup a compact system and intend to partner amps with the Spendor 3/5SE. The other considerations are the older Sugden Bijou series and Quad 99 series (Amp's & CDP).
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I just set up a compact system about a week ago with the X-150 and X-Ray V3 using Totem Model One speakers. I've been running it 24/7 to break things in and at this point it's starting to sound very good. The sound is very open and the electronics seem to be very transparent. The Model Ones image very well and have a tremendous sound stage. In my opinion, the bass sounds very good. It was kind of an impulse purchase so I really didn't take the time to audition other, similar type components. For the money, though, I'm not sure that you can do too much better. A couple of caveats though. (1) The remote requires very firm button pressing; and (2) I have noticed that about 50% of the time, when I first inset a disk into the X-Ray the unit will play the disk very briefly (for less than a second) and then start over again. Once it starts over it will play the disk through without interruption. It only seems to happen when the drawer first closes and it does not appear to be disc related because the disc will start over one time and then the same disc may or may not start over when you play it a second (or third, fourth, etc.) time. I questioned the dealer and his response was “that they all do that”. Seems a little unusual (and annoying). I'm currently waiting on a response fom Signal Path (the US rep).