Musical Fidelity

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.

I thought they are quite well known for amazing sounds and not huge money. My experience was with a very old A1 and wow that little thing was IMPRESSIVE! I've not listened to their modern offerings though. 

Great values on the used market. Just picked up an A1008 for a great price. Sounds very similar to my tube amp but with bags of slam and control. I had a Parasound A21 a while back and liked it. The MF has cleaner highs and is more detailed but is still very smooth.