Anyone Listen Extensively To V1 Of The Musical Fidelity Nu Vista Vinyl Phono Stage?


I needed a phono stage for my casual table, and I plan on using a SUT with it so I figured A good basic one would work. Did not turn out to be the case as the noise floor was too high for a ultra low output cartridge/SUT combo. I had run this pairing into an Esoteric E-03 with no issues, so it was certainly the phono stage. Back to the drawing board. I came across a Musical Fidelity Nu Vista Vinyl phono stage at an attractive price, and I ordered it. It i shipping now. A I look at it, theoretically, I could run all my table/arm combos into just it. In the past I owned a Nu Vista M3 integrated amp and enjoyed it quite a bit. But I do not believe the designer is the same person, and the case work on this phono stage does not match what would be the period of the integrated. Ha anyone had experience comparing this phono stage against other known entities? I also own the Esoteric E-03 and a BMC MCCI Signature ULN. 

neonknight

I should give mine another chance. Maybe make some heads explode by using it with an SUT!

It always seemed to offer a lot for the money. Can't recall reading any reviews.

@dogberry That is how I am running mine at the moment. I have an Ortofon T2000 going into it. Noise issues have not occurred, it has plenty of gain even with a low output cartridge combination. Sound quality is very good, I need to find a way to run the tables I have hooked up to the Esoteric to make a better comparison. It is a bit wider than a normal component; I would have to take my cabinet door off and carefully wiggle it in to get it behind the cabinet hardware. The only limitation this has is no XLR inputs, as one of my tonearms has XLR terminations. Unfortunate. 

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