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Alternatives to Musical Fidelity M3 Nuvista

Hi

I recently have upgraded to a Nuvista integrated and although it is very clear it becomes bright and wearing, there is loads of slam and energy.

The rest of my system is Esoteric SA-10, Dynaudio Focus 220 which are both known for being smooth. Im looking for a really detailed musical but smooth amplifier, also maintaining the slam and scale for orchestral and rock. I was thinking of one of the Marantz PM-15S1 or maybe the NAD M3

Any thoughts or alternative amps

Thanks

Alan
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has2be
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What cabling are you using for speakers/interconnect?
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stanwal
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I improved the sound of mine by getting a better power cord and umbilical cables from Sweetcome in Hong Kong. But I never found it bright. I am using Van den Hul The First interconnects and Cardas Golden Reference speaker cable. I have used others of both and several speakers, Spendor, Mini Utopia, and Apogee among others and have never found them unpleasant with any of them. I don't thing either of the amps you mention are likely to be an improvement. I would work with the M3, you can get more out of it.
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You might tame it with ICs depending on what you are using currently.

DNM Reson ICs are not expensive to try and what I have used to take the edge off a system while retaining most else when needed.
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Hi

Im using a Sonoran IC, its an older one but very highly regarded at the time. Im using Vampire II speaker cable, i moved to this from my previous Synergistic Research Quad which was even brighter. For power im just using a stock 20 amp power cord.

Alan
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