Musical Fidelity Nu-Vista Vinyl 2 - Overview

The Musical Fidelity Nu-Vista Vinyl 2 is the new flagship of Musical Fidelity phono preamplifiers, an ultra-high performance, highly accurate MM/MC phono preamplifier with a discrete Class A Nuvistor tube stage. Designed and executed with impeccable craftsmanship and robust construction, it was created to be a phono stage without practical limits. It is built to ensure that you cannot overload the input stage or encounter practical limitations in the output driving capacity. Its singular purpose is to be a conduit for music, faithfully conveying the artist's intent, emotions, and passion directly to your ears and heart.

Technical Aspects of the Musical Fidelity Nu-Vista Vinyl 2

Compared to its predecessor, the Musical Fidelity Nu-Vista Vinyl, the Musical Fidelity Nu-Vista Vinyl 2 now features discrete and fully balanced audio circuitry. The phono pre-amplification contains three gain stages powered by fully discrete Class A transistor circuitry. The EQ stage spares no effort either. Completely passive and implemented in two separate stages (split-passive), this approach is more costly to design and implement but ensures the most accurate representation of the ideal EQ curve. In addition to the standard RIAA curve, the less common DECCA and COLOMBIA curves are also implemented. Audio signals from the phono preamplifier are routed to a separate board for each channel, featuring a fully balanced discrete Class A Nuvistor stage. The clean PCB layout and purpose-driven design ensure the lowest possible noise, low distortion, and low output impedance. RCA and XLR outputs each have individual stages, allowing simultaneous use.

The Advantage of Discrete Circuits

A discrete circuit is composed of individual electronic components, also known as discrete components. These can be "passive" components like resistors, capacitors, and inductors, as well as "active" components like transistors. This rediscovery of passion for traditional, discrete designs results in a longer design process but delivers the best sound for your investment.

Fully Balanced Design

The fully balanced design principle, as used in the Nu-Vista Vinyl 2, consists of a hot and a cold signal (also referred to as + and -). A truly balanced amplifier extracts the final musical information from the +/- signals while subtracting all noise that could be added during transmission. As a result, the Nu-Vista Vinyl 2 excels in suppressing unwanted noise, errors, and interferences, offering the best possible signal-to-noise ratio.

Extensive Cartridge Loading Options

Each of the single-ended RCA or balanced XLR inputs can be individually configured for MM/MC and loading. Amplifications from 40dB to 69dB are possible. By these criteria, the Nu-Vista Vinyl 2 is perfect. It has no practical audible noise even at the highest levels of amplification. It brings the artist's intent, emotions, and passion directly to your ears and heart.

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