Musical Fidelity A5 Integrated Amplifiers
Musical Fidelity A5 Integrated Amplifiers
USER REVIEWS
[Dec 01, 2020]
John harry
Strength:
Good sturdy build, high-quality sound. I hear this amp a few years ago and I love it. Bags of power, dynamics, making me want to listen to well recorded CD's until I fall asleep. It delivers a transparent and full soundstage, with precision, speed, and tight bass. It can sometimes appear bright with heavy bass, but I think that is often down to the cd recordings.paybis review Weakness:
Maybe sometimes a little thin in the highs, but this doesn't make it sound unrealistic Price Paid: 200
Purchased: New
Model Year: 2020
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[Aug 26, 2020]
stevens
Strength:
Bags of power, dynamics, making me want to listen to well recorded CD's until I fall asleep. It delivers a transparent and full soundstage, with precision, speed and tight bass. It can sometimes appear bright with heavy bass, but I think that is often down to the cd recordings. Weakness:
custom stickers | print stickers | business printing | printing company Purchased: Used
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[Feb 03, 2010]
Hélio
AudioPhile
I hear this amp a few years ago and i love it, you can´t buy better for the money |
[Dec 20, 2009]
Alex
Audio Enthusiast
fantastic Amp, with loads of power but at the same time it has a very very refined sound, neutral and in one word "realistic". Very good design, very futuristic look and great easy of use. it has a superb and deep sound with all music you like, with a contolled bass, real drums sound, warm and deep, beautiful vocals and great piano and organ reproductions. Miles Davis trumpet on vinyl sounded astonishing in my equipment. Pink Floyd music reproduction is rich, very very detailed, warm, exactly the way you'd expect to listen to "space-rock".
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[Jan 24, 2009]
Apocalypse
AudioPhile
Strength:
Very musical, neutral and transparant.
Weakness:
Maybe sometimes a little thin in the highs, but this doesn't make it sound unrealistic. This is one great amp, it has a very pure sound. With great inner resolution en macro and micro dynamics.
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[Oct 15, 2008]
spacecap
Audio Enthusiast
Strength:
Definitely the thinking audiophile company, MF products are fairly priced and top notch in service and dependability
Weakness:
could have better speaker connecters Has lived up to all the positive reviews for sonics and has preformed without fault. The short comings it does have is common to most products at this level. By this I am referring to the effects of power supply and internally and externally generated vibrations. What I mean by this is I found by having a dedicated circuit to my stereo, along with a PS Soloist and PPP connected with PS Premiere power cable my system floored me with the obvious sonic improvements. 2nd, the top of the A5 will easily vibrate. The Bright Star Little Rock on top, supported by the BS air Mass with Symposium Svelte Shelf and Stillpoints, minimizes the external vibs along with those vibs internally generated. This had as a profound effect as the power supply. All I can say is "WOW". I use the latest Audioquest IC's (Colorado) and love them with no desire to look further. A previous poster mentioned AQ,s with a negative, I feel his problem was elsewhere for sure. I know I gave more general info than specific examples as my time is limited and I hardly ever post anywhere. But I have finally found sonic bliss. Rest of system is Sony 555ES, Cambridge 640,(MF V3 phono,power supply,tube output) VA Beethoven Speakers with AQ 8 DBS cables Similar Products Used: Rotel, Adcom 555II,MF Tri-Vista 300 |
[Jun 06, 2008]
sampsos
Audio Enthusiast
Strength:
Bags of power, dynamics, making me want to listen to well recorded CD's until I fall asleep. It delivers a transparent and full soundstage, with precision, speed and tight bass. It can sometimes appear bright with heavy bass, but I think that is often down to the cd recordings.
Weakness:
Making you want to throw your poorly recorded/produced CD's in the trash can. Finding the right hifi components and that includes cables is a journey into the unknown. If I go back 15 years the dream system (budget restricted) was Mission speakers with Audilolab cd and int.amp. Then in '99 I heard a friends setup with Musical Fidelity A3 cd and int. amp and Proac Speakers and following some research into cost, new that the future for me was Musical Fidelity.
Similar Products Used: Audiolab 8000
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[Feb 18, 2007]
RossFlet
Audio Enthusiast
Strength:
Transprency Transparency
Weakness:
No headphone socket necessitating the pruchase of a headphone amp. Cannot be turned off from the remote If you are looking for transparency this is the amplifier for you. I'm driving Dynaudio Contour 3.4s with the amplifier barely out of first gear. Certainly it can be run loud but at comfortable listenig levels its response to soft passages is outstandingly good. While it lacks some of the frills - no headphone socket that its competitor here, Arcam's A32 has - it delivers more grunt which is reflected in the comments above. With a delivery on the bright side, choice of ICs is important e.g. I found some Audioquest ICs resulted in an over-bright sound. It has a no fuss remote that doesn't need a licence to drive. Similar Products Used: Perreaux 200i, Arcam A32 |
[Jan 01, 2007]
markthis3
AudioPhile
Strength:
Good sturdy build, high quality sound.
Weakness:
Wish amp could be turned on by remote and mute would stay on at turn on until
I also strongly disagree with Twister's comments. This is a well constructed amp with plenty of power which should last for years. It replaced my Classe Cap151 (also a good amp). I found it gives a little more life to the music than the Classe
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[Dec 28, 2006]
audio slave
Audio Enthusiast
I would just like to write an update to my previous review. Since my last review my amp has performed flawlessly. The amp is well broken in. It stays on night and day and I use it for watching tv, listening to music, when I'm on the computer, or when I play xbox 360. The amp sounds as smooth and clear as day one and there has never been a problem with anything. I have brought my amp to my dealer because I wanted to hear how the amp performed on a pair of B&W 803s'. Perfect! They properly powered the speakers and gave them perfect weight to the mid and bass. I compared the MF to a more expensive McIntosh 200w integrated amp, and there was not much difference. The MF was a little brighter and not as neutral. As far as drive capability, both amps performed equally. The McIntosh was a bit better sounding, but a 5% percent difference if that, and at double the cost. So, all in all the amp still works as it did from day one and there has been no dissapointments.
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