Nu-Vista Vinyl 2 Analogue Source Introduced To Musical Fidelity Range
Hot on the heels of the Nu-Vista DAC announcement, Musical Fidelity has shown off the new Vinyl 2 phono preamplifier, with new discrete and fully balanced audio circuitry inside.
Similar to the Nu-Vista DAC and other Nu-Vista products, the Vinyl 2 is built with aluminium front and side panels to minimise the effects of vibrations from the environment while acting as a Faraday Cage to protect the phono stage internals from electromagnetic interference.
Inside, the phono pre-amplification has three gain stages, all powered by Class A discrete transistor circuitry. The EQ stage is a split-passive design to obtain the ideal EQ curve's optimal and most accurate representation. The split-passive design allows for better impedance matching and lower deviation from the curve, with the RIAA, DECCA, and COLUMBIA curves available.
The audio signals get transferred from the phono preamplifier to a separate board for each channel with a fully balanced discrete class A Nuvistor Stage, and the RCA and XLR outputs have their own individual stage as well, allowing for both to be used at the same time.
Both the RCA and XLR inputs support MM/MC and can be individually set for either. The Vinyl 2 also uses Musical Fidelity's Super Silent Power Transformers, with industrial-grade power sockets utilising EMI filters and DC blockers to stop transformer hum. Each DC amp stage has a DC servo to ensure optimal DC mode, and there are two symmetrical low-noise power supplies, one for each channel for the preamplifier.
Of course, the upcoming Nu-Vista Uni PSU will also be compatible with the Vinyl 2, allowing for even better noise performance by moving the AC mains power supply into another box, which has more space for better mains and output filtering to quieten the supplies.
On the rear are two sets of XLR and RCA inputs alongside a single-ended RCA output and a balanced XLR output.
The Nu-Vista Vinyl 2 is priced similarly to the Nu-Vista DAC at £9,999, while we don't yet have a price for the Nu-Vista Uni PSU.
Visit Musical Fidelity for more information
Cheryl Tan
After diving down the custom IEMs rabbit hole since she was 18, Cheryl has embarked on a long journey trying out as many audio products as possible ever since. She’s still waiting for the day a company can create a pair of true wireless earbuds that sound just as good as wired earphones.
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