And I just did. I'll give it a month and decide, but so far, so good!
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.
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@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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I may experiment with the SUT later, but so far I’m using it ’straight’ as in the photo. I liked the Quad 24p and SUT for the warmth of the combo. The NuVista is also Rubenesque but not so much so as the Quad. Of the four cartridges connected, I’d say the Ruby 3 mono and the LP-S are definitely improved, the Sussurro less markedly improved, and the only one connected as an MM, the London Decca Reference, might not be as good as it was. After a month I’ll decide whether to add back the 24p just for the Reference: I may just get used to it sounding a bit different. I think the Quad was adding some colouration that exaggerated the character of the Decca—in a good way. With respect to my comment above about not plugging or unplugging connections with it turned on, I thought I had permanently injured the input board. It seems it just needed to be switched off for an extended period (perhaps there is some sort of protection circuit?) Now I realise I had left it aside for a couple of years when I need not have done so! All the same, lesson learned and it will always be powered off before any connections are changed. |
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