The English brand with the Austrian address Musical Fidelity, under the direction of Heinz Lichtenegger (Heinz Lichtenegger) from Pro-Ject Audio Systems , presented new items from the Nu-Vista line: a gentleman’s set of pre-amps, which is proposed to be supplemented with a stereo assistant or a pair of monoblocks – to choose from. The names of the new products are quite logical: PRE, PAS and PAM.
The Nu-Vista PRE preamp circuit uses 8 6S51N nuvistor tubes in a fully balanced circuit. The most precise stepped attenuator is responsible for volume control, and in order for the range of linear output signals to be sufficient, two class A amplifiers of 50 W each were included in the device.
The novelty received 12 pairs of inputs – 6 balanced XLR and unbalanced RCA. Powered by a carefully shielded external source Nu-Vista PRE PSU, repeating the design of the preamp. The result of the developers’ efforts – the THD + noise parameter is less than 0.002% – speaks for itself.
Musical Fidelity claims that the discrete circuitry of the Nu-Vista PAS class A fully balanced stereo power amplifier is based in part on the successful Titan model. Nu-Vista PAS also uses a tube stage with 6S51N miniature nuvistors, 4 per channel. Moreover, this terminal is also equipped with a separate power supply, which, of course, is called PAS PSU.
The device is capable of delivering half a kilowatt per channel for 4-ohm acoustics, and 1,000 watts of peak power are promised for 2 ohms. If this is not enough, it is proposed to switch to Nu-Vista PAM monoblocks. They repeat the circuitry of a stereo model, but are capable of delivering up to 1,000 watts into 4 ohms or 1,500 watts into 2 ohms. Power supplies for them are marked as MONO PSU.
Musical Fidelity Nu-Vista models were priced at €22,000 for PRE, €24,000 for PAS and €22,000 for PAM in Europe.
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