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Anyone solved MF Tri Vista SACD problems?
Cerrot,I took the line in your post - 'Fourth, why would I trade mine back to them for another one of their "unrobust" players--as that is all they had when mine broke down.' - to mean that you had been offered and rejected a trade to a different ... 
Anyone solved MF Tri Vista SACD problems?
Hi Alex,Thank you for your post.It is great have some input on this subject from someone who knows the facts and is able to assess what happened calmly and rationally.The Philips SACD transport debacle cost a lot of people a lot of money. It also ... 
Anyone solved MF Tri Vista SACD problems?
Cerrot,1. Again I ask, why does this hostility only go at Musical Fidelity?Krell used the same Philips transport in the SACD Standard. Did they stockpile transports in case of failure? Did they know it was a crap transport when they built/designed... 
Anyone solved MF Tri Vista SACD problems?
So Budt, enlighten me. I've heard the standard anti-MF rant from US owners before. Tell me something new, such as:What was the product?When did you buy it?When did it fail?What happened next?Were you offered anything by the dealer/distributor/manu... 
Anyone solved MF Tri Vista SACD problems?
Can I bring some sanity to this thread?The following facts apply to the UK and Australian markets. I don't live in the US so don't know what happened there or why.Fact - Musical Fidelity gave full new price value for exchange on other MF products ... 
DCS Scarlati v Esoteric P-01,D-01
I have a copy of a PDF document entitled "Esoteric Transport Comparison", downloaded from Esoteric's website.I also have a Scarlatti transport.My view is that the Scarlatti has the VRDS VMK-1.1 transport.The Absolute Sound was wrong to assert that... 
dcs Delius vs dcs Elgarplus DAC?
Hi Jaymark,I owned a Delius for 5 years: however I can't comment directly on the comparison against Elgar Plus because I didn't A-B the two.I did investigate the differences at the time of buying. The Elgar Plus has a somewhat better power supply ... 
Why power cable effect overall syste sound?
Hifitime,Since you need it explained, Grant (Samuel) is referring to you, Schipo and the others in your group of serial pests who are posting near identical messages expressing your power cord scepticism on every power cord thread opened in the la... 
Cables for Sophia 2 and Burmester
Hi Toffen,I have Sophia 2s with dCS VerdiEncore/Delius and Musical Fidelity kW 500.I have had superb results from a loom of Acrolink Mexcel cables. That is 7N-DA6100, 7N-S20000, a 7N-PC9100 to the DAC and a 7N-PC7100 to the transport. There is als... 
Compressed vs. "Remastered" CDs
First thing to be clear on is that remastering and the "loudness wars" syndrome are intrinsically separate things (as a couple of posters have suggested). However it is certainly possible that a remastering could be done on any recording that woul... 
Is there a transparent MM1 version?
MM1 is an unofficial name for MM.MM was called MM until MM2 appeared: then people started calling it MM1. You certainly won't find "MM1" printed on network boxes. I recall my MM version Reference ICs and Ultra SCs did have "MM" printed by the seri... 
Any stellar performances of Irish music...
Look for anything with sisters Triona and Maighread Ni Dhomhniall.They were together on the rare Skara Brae record from around 1970; Triona recorded with the Bothy Band and Relativity and later solo; and the sisters more recently have again record... 
Is there a better quality Firewire cable?
Hi Tbg,I bought my 8N-6P-6PI cable locally in Australia.The Cable Company lists them (look under Acrolink).However, I'm pretty certain that they come only in combinations of 4 and 6 pins. 
Is there a better quality Firewire cable?
Hi Tbg,Yes they do matter.In the context of the 1394 link carrying DSD from a dCS Verdi Encore transport to a dCS DAC I have found a major improvement by using the Esoteric 8N-6P-6PI cable (actually made by Acrolink in Japan). That improvement is ... 
Musicl Fidelity A3.2 integrated or A3 separates
Hi Tdav,The separates are a definite class above. In their day they were considered outstanding, particularly the preamp. The separates have choke regulated power supplies and in design and execution are related to the limited edition high-end M3 ...