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Musical Fidelity fine-tuning service

Own a Tri-Vista 300 integrated amp, I can see several things that can improve this great amp to world class.

Musical Fidelity offers similar service and take it to the extreme, they will install better parts, adjust and match, replace and repair, etc for £599 inc. VAT. Sounds reasonable considering the amount of work involved, but shipping is prohibitly expensive when you have to pay shipping both ways.

Has anyone explored this option or try to mod it yourself to similar effect?

http://www.musicalfidelity.com/tuning-information.asp
semi
semi OP
649 posts
 
guess not, they have to leave room for "improvement" and make more money off us...

the price would be much easier to swallow if they are local. at $920 + shipping to England both way, shipping will cost nearly as much as upgrade cost.

PCX does mods for many brands, wondering if they will mod MF gears for less?
mr_macgee
23 posts
 
I have a MF A5.5 and just recently blew the fuse on the right channel. When I replaced the fuse, I was noticing how there could be much room for improvement in this eastern factory made amp. The amp does sound good though.

It's too bad they don't have a better system in place for american customers otherwise the MF tune up seems like a pretty good deal if your in the UK.

I'm curious if someone good here in the states can offer the same mods or better for the same price.
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stanwal
3,147 posts
 
The problem I have had shipping things back for repair is that some companies want you to declare the units at a very low value so it is impossible to get insurance for the value of the unit. I had my M3 repaired locally , you might be able to find someone who could do the upgrades you want. But better parts don't always give a better sound, sometimes just a different one. It might be better in most applications but not necessarily where you were going to use it.
eujin
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I have a Nu-Vista M3 that I intend to keep forever. This makes the tune-up extremely interesting to me, but I'm leery of sending mine halfway around the world. I don't see why this service wouldn't be available via MF's distributor--surely warranty service and repair would not require sending the unit back to the UK. The work listed appears to be fairly routine part-for-part swaps. I'm going in inquire with Tempo Sales tomorrow and see what they say.
unsound
7,332 posts
 
Perhaps I'm mistaken, but I'm under the impression that MF is not exactly the leader in warranty coverage. If that is indeed the case I'd be leery of spending all that money and time on mods and expensive transport. I'd suggest you get all the details before making a decision.
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