Musical Fidelity Nu-Vista Vynil S

A sophisticated phono preamplifier that takes the core circuit design of the absolute reference model Nu-Vista Vinyl 2 and integrates it into a revised chassis and printed circuit boards to take vinyl record playback to the highest levels of excellence while keeping the price factor in check.

With a slimmer aesthetic than its big brother, thanks to a clever rearrangement of its internal organisation that has enabled it to reduce its overall volume by 45%, the new phono preamp from Musical Fidelity shares with it such significant elements as a fully balanced, very low noise architecture executed with discrete audiophile-grade components, a gain circuitry consisting of three stages driven by transistorised circuits configured in Class A, passive RIAA, Decca and Columbia equalisation in two separate sections, a separate power subsystem featuring one of the UK company's renowned Super Silent transformers and, of course, the unique Nuvistor miniature vacuum tubes.

Another key feature of the Nu-Vista Vinyl S is that its input and output circuitry is completely separate, while it features a powerful mains signal filtering scheme and elaborate DC blocking circuitry.

Features:

• Reference phono preamplifier.
• Compatible with moving coil (MC) and moving magnet (MM) capsules.
• Dual mono and balanced architecture.
• Balanced output separator stage with 8 Nuvistor 7586 valves.
• Encapsulated "Super Silent" toroidal power supply transformer.
• Balanced and unbalanced inputs (2) and outputs (1).
• Balanced and unbalanced outputs can be used simultaneously.
• RIAA, Decca and Columbia equalisation curves.
• Available in black and silver finish.
• MM input sensitivity: 5 mV (at 40 dB and 1 kHz).
• MC input sensitivity: 0.5 mV (at 60 dB and 1 kHz).
• MM input capacitance: 50-400 pF (selectable).
• MC input impedance: 47 kOhm.
• MC input impedance: 5-47,000 ohms (selectable).
• MM gain: 40/43 dB (+6 dB for each option in balanced mode).
• MC gain: 60/63 dB (+6 dB for each option in balanced mode).
• MM frequency response: 20-20,000 Hz, +/-0.25 dB.
• MC frequency response: 20-20,000 Hz, +/-0.3 dB.
• Signal-to-noise ratio greater than 101 dB at MM and greater than 82 dB at MC.
• 2-position subsonic filter with 18 dB/octave cut at 20 Hz.
• Dimensions: 483 x 131 x 404 mm (W x H x D).
• Weight: 14 kg.