Musical Fidelity


Anyone have much experience with Musical Fidelity? I recently just kind of came across this U.K. gear manufacturer and my interest was piqued on their higher end line.  Looks like lots of value/performance for the dollar, but I’ve not come across their stuff before, nor heard any yet in person.   Anyone…good or bad experience ?   Thanks.  
jhajeski
I have the M6 PRX Power Amp.  It's a beast and sounds great.  Solid construction.  Bought this used thinking it'd be a catch and release, but after having it for a couple months, it's a keeper!
It is distributed in the US and Canada by Focal Naim.  It is owned by ProJect as that purchase was completed a couple years ago.  

Historically MF is a high value brand as it has been produced in Taiwan (like Parasound) and has a great cost/value ratio.  Quality is generally high and it typically will compete with products that are more expensive.  They also bought up a boatload of NuVistor tubes and are the only company that uses them in audio applications.  

There is a little history in that MF was a HUGELY popular brand that angered a lot of brick and mortar retailers as it was one of the first big brands to move on-line.  

I am not certain about long terms plans of their whole line.  I do know that some production has moved from Taiwan to the EU where Canor (who makes awesome amps and sources that I Import) is their OEM.  

They are definitely not boutique.  This biggest issue has been getting inventory as most shipments have been sold out by the time they arrive and basically it has been unavailable this year.  
@verdantaudio

Thanks for the detail, it’s very helpful to me.   I know ‘boutique’ isn’t quite the right word…I was trying to denote a brand that not a ton of audiophiles know a lot about (look how few on audiogon replied to this post, as well as the small number of U.S. dealers), maybe ‘niche’ is better?   Anyway, looking to upgrade a Parasound P5 preamp possibly to an M8sPRE.    Thanks, Jim
Can't recall where I saw this, may have been some online audio zine. Article was about Project's purchase of MF, had many pictures of MF and Project manufacturing facilities, looked top notch. These were somewhere in eastern Europe as I recall.