Description
M8x Vinyl
With beautifully designed and executed massive full-aluminium casework, the M8x Vinyl has the iconic M8 heroic build quality. Using the same size potentiometers, it achieves an aesthetically mighty look, and is a perfect match to the acclaimed M8 amplifier series.
In Musical Fidelity tradition, M8x is designed in such a way to ensure you cannot overload the input stage or encounter any practical limitations in the output driving capacity. Its purpose is singular, to be a conduit for music. It exists to faithfully convey the artist‘s intent, their emotions, the passion directly to your ears and heart.
Fully Balanced Design
Compared to its M6 sibling, the M8x Vinyl now features fully balanced audio circuitry on the inside.
This means there are twice as many discrete components on the inside, as each channel + and – signals get their own phono stage consisting of three gain stages, all powered by fully Class A discrete transistor circuitry.
Split-Passive EQ
The EQ stage cuts no corners either. Completely passive and in two separate stages (split-passive) – this is more costly to design and implement but ensures the most accurate representation of the ideal EQ curve.
Split passive equalization allows for better impedance matching and lower deviation from the ideal EQ. In addition to the standard RIAA curve, MF have implemented the two less-common DECCA and COLUMBIA curves as well.
Low Noise Design
The clean PCB layout and purpose driven design guarantee lowest possible noise and distortion with low output impedance. RCA and XLR outputs both have their own individual stages allowing you to use them simultaneously.
Features
- Fully balanced + fully discrete – The M6x Vinyl was already fully discrete, but not fully balanced. In the M8x Vinyl, each channel’s + and – signal get their own amplifier stage. This means there are more than twice as many discrete components that make up the phono stage and the PCB is almost 3x the size as before.
- Improved gain stage design – The gain stage now consists of 3 stages, which are able to provide more gain than before and operate at lower noise and distortion.
- More gain options – 40, 43, 46, 49, 60, 63, 66, 69 dB
- New discrete input power filtering and DC blocking circuitry – Like the phono stage, also the power PCB is now three times as large. It provides clean power to the fully balanced phono stage that is now twice as demanding.
- Super Silent Power Transformer – Now encapsulated to further protect the very sensitive phono stage from external electromagnetic radiation.
- Decca & Columbia options – In addition to the standard RIAA EQ.
- Dual split-passive EQ stage.
- Two-step subsonic filter.
- More inputs & more load settings – For ultra-precise cartridge tuning.
Specifications
- Input Impedance (MM / MC): 47 kOhm / 5 Ohm to 47kOhm selectable
- Phono Stage Capacitance (MM / MC): 50 – 400 pF / 400 pF
- Phono Stage Gain (MM): 40, 43, 46, 49 dB
- Phono Stage Equalization Options: RIAA, DECCA, COLUMBIA
- Phono Stage Gain (MC): 60, 63, 66, 69 dB
- Phono Input Sensitivity (MM / MC): 5 mV / 0.5 mV
- Subsonic Filter: Off, Mild (IEC), Standard (@ 20 Hz with 18 dB/octave)
- THD (MM / MC): 0.005 % / 0.008 %
- Signal To Noise Ratio (MM / MC): 102 dB / 90 dB
- Overload Margin: 32 dB
- RCA Input(s): 2
- Balanced XLR Input(s): 2
- Fixed Analogue Output(s): 1 x RCA Pair, 1 x XLR Pair
- Maximum Power Consumption: 20 W
- Dimensions (W x H x D): 483 x 102 x 381 mm
- Weight: 10.6 kg
Included
- 1 x M8x Vinyl Phono Stage Preamplifier.
- 1 x Power Cord.
- 1 x Documentation.
Full Musical Fidelity Range Available
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