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New Musical Fidelity M8 pre - anyone heard this

I am in the market for a new pre. I have recently listened to the ML326s, the Parasound JC2, the Pass Xp20 and the MuFi M8. Of these its between the XP20 and the M8. When I listened to the M8 with its matching M8700 amps and Dynaudio confidence speakers I found the system amazingly transparent with what i thought was more detail and information on my standard test tracks than I had heard before. But listening to the Pass with Pass xa160.5s and Wilson Sophias and comparing with the EMM Labs Pre2 the Pass also had great transparency and detail. My problem is I have not been able to compare the Pass to the M8.

So...has anyone had a good chance to listen to the M8 and if so, what do you think?

Thanks to all
rfarris
rfarris OP
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I've had the M8 pre and monos for a bit over a year now. I continue to marvel at how good they are. I find them absolutely neutral, tremdously quiet or, because its tough to hear quiet, amazingly transparent and revealing. For the monoblocs specifically, they deliver absolute control over my Vivids seemingly without any coloration or tone. This has given me microdynamics i had previously not noticed in much of my music. Their huge power reserves allow me to go to silly SPLs without even a hint of harshness, edge, or hardness.

I am extremely pleased.
dbx01
8 posts
 
I recently acquired a Musical Fidelity M8 Pre. I find it works well in the upper and lower regions of the music spectrum, I find that it sounds flat - IE no texture - in the midrange section, somewhere along the lines of the vocals area, as if there is a veil of some sort. I suspect that maybe this is a capacitor issue???? How do others feel about this preamp?

The bass and treble area do sound fantastic as I can hear this preamp hitting highs that I could not realize with my 30 year old preamp it replaced. Its not always apparent, but from time to time, I do notice it.

However, in order to achieve such a level of improvement, one needs to spend at least 3 times as much as my previous preamp costs (at that given time vs. the cost of this new preamp) - giving my 30 year old preamp props that it punches up in weight and can still kick a-- against anything that you would find in todays best buy stores.
jdub39
486 posts
 

 Any M8 preamp users still around / I have one on order and curious about it's longevity and also does the M8 need to on for HT bypass?

Really excited to hear it with my Parasound JC 5 amp.

grovkalle
2 posts
 

Old post but I just bought a M8pre and I also

have a Parasound jc5.

How did you find the combo?

I feel the midrange sounds a bit flat

and boring. 

 

jdub39
486 posts
 

@grovkalle 

It took me awhile to get the sound I wanted out of the paring after they settled in.  It all came down to cableing between the two ,starting with Morrow Audio MA5 XlR's then to Wire World Eclipse 8 ( fleshed out the mids) and finally settling on the Silver Eclipse 8 XlR's and bingo! How many hours on the paring or MS8 pre ?

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