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Musical Fidelity A1 experiences

I have the original MF A1 and I never had the chance to get the right speakers for it. My past speakers that i used are Epos ELS3, Magnepan 1.6, MB Quart Domain 30's, Dynaudio Audience 52, Merrill Zigmahornet "fullrange" and never got the sound right. All of the speaker mentioned the sound it created, the bass is quite thin and the highs sometimes fatiguing. Does anyone have experiences on the best speakers to use? or is it the amps fault?
xtian_lugz
xiekitchen
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Hmm I had an A1 for a few years, used with a pair of Spica's... I don't recall the amp as thin or fatiguing. More like warm lower mids and gentle highs. And this was using Monster cable of all things on the speaker cables. I replaced that amp with a Forte 1a which was a step up in several areas.
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stanwal
3,147 posts
 
I use to sell them; I also thought that they had a "warm" sound which was quite good. I used them with Spendor and Musical Fidelity speakers. They should not sound thin or lack bass. Either it is not working properly or the ICs or speaker wires are a bad match. It should run quite hot; if it is not then have the bias checked.
xtian_lugz OP
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It does heat up so no bias problems. For the speaker cable i'm currently using monster cable. I'm planning to keep this amp so I need to find a set of speakers that will match.. Did anyone have tried B&W's or any brit/italian brands?
frogman
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I remember visiting a local NYC dealer years ago while helping a friend shop for speakers. I still remember being amazed at the sound that the A1 produced driving a pair of original Proactive Tablettes. It was beautiful, with electrostatic- like clarity and VERY sweet highs. Now, the Proacs could not produce much bass, but it was not the fault of the amp, and fatiguing in the highs it is not. PSB calling?
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