Musical Fidelity Experts needed..

I've limited to NO experience with the Musical Fidelity line myself. However a friend of mine who's very into high end gear, said a friend of his has a $5k MF integrated that sounded as good or better than just about anything he's heard to date! Infact he raved about the sound.
Might be worth looking into the line for sure. Good luck

The limited production units are "Nu-Vista" not Tri-Vista and they are limited because they use these small tube-like Nu-Vistors thatare much easier to take care of and last for 10 years or more. They have one set of replacements saved for each unit sold. And yes these units sound VERY good and can certainly stand up to Levinsons, BAT, etc. You should also check out their solid state gear from the A3 line which uses the same circuits pretty much, but without the Nu-Vistors. I use an A3cr pre and power amp myself and love them.

Fineberg, there is also a Tri-Vista line, to which Seth alludes. They make an Integrated and SACD/CD player currently under this line and a pre and power amp to come in 2003.

I compared the Nu-Vista integrated to the Rowland M-112 power amp and MF preamp and the Rowland blew the MF away. The MF while being very musical does not have the details that the Rowland had (which I prefer) and the Rowland sounded a lot faster. The Plinius new 102 was also better in the same regard. I have heard the Nu-Vista CD player and it is as good as other players in the same price range like Cary or ARC they are each a little different sounding, hard to tell unless you compare them side by side. The reviews of the MF gear is generally pretty good so you can read them and get a feel for what they do and don't do.

Peter