Musical Fidelity Nu-Vista 800 Integrated Amplifier – Silver

British Hi-Fi specialists Musical Fidelity certainly know a thing or two when it comes to building big beefy Integrated Amplifiers, as here we have an example of one of their recent models – the Nu-Vista 800. In the silver finish comes this highly regarded heavyweight, which is in very good condition with just a couple of minor blemishes – please see photographs. It comes in original factory packaging, with remote control, mains cable, manual, alternate spike feet and shoes, plus our standard three month warranty.
Musical Fidelity Say….
NuVistor tubes were invented in the 1950s to solve the many shortcomings of conventional tubes. Unlike them, NuVistor tubes offer very high reliability, low microphony, low noise, consistency from batch to batch, small size, relatively low power consumption and great technical performance.
Unfortunately, just as uses for NuVistor tubes were being explored, the transistor was invented, and it was ‘game over’ for NuVistor.
There the matter rested until about fifteen years ago, when Musical Fidelity created the first of its ground-breaking Nu-Vista series. These legendary, limited-edition products sold out in a matter of months. Today, fifteen years later, they command very high second-hand prices because of their beautiful sound, build quality, and longevity
NuVistor tubes plus SMD technology = innovation
Never before in the history of hi-fi have NuVistor tubes been coupled with state-of-the-art SMD technology and sophisticated modern design techniques. The Nu-Vista 800’s technical performance is astonishing
The Nu-Vista 800 measures like a dream but, more importantly, it sounds incredible. It is silky smooth with enormous transients and an effortless feel that is at once relaxing and involving. Of special note how the Nu-Vista 800 projects images between the loudspeakers so that you can almost touch them.
The new Nu-Vista 800 was a labour of love for Musical Fidelity. We are passionate about what we do and passionate about NuVistor tubes. Everyone at Musical Fidelity hopes that you derive as much pleasure listening to the Nu-Vista 800 as we had creating it.
Features:
More than 300 watts per channel with unconditional stability margins and incredible load driving ability
Incredibly low distortion over a colossal bandwidth
Extremely low noise
Extremely flat frequency response
A work of audio art using our incredible NuVista circuit
Five versatile inputs – Balanced XLR, CD, Tuner, 2 x Auxiliary
Both fixed and variable line level pre outputs
Home Theatre bypass
Total stability margin, will drive any loudspeaker with ease
Cutting edge technical performance with the magic of NuVista’s
Dual mono power amps with separate preamp
Superb design, Heroic build quality
Specifications:
Power output: 330 W into 8 Ω
Total Harmonic Distortion & Noise): < 0.005 % typical 20 Hz – 20 kHz
Signal to Noise Ratio: > 107 dB ‘A’ – weighted
Frequency Response: + 0, – 0.1 dB, 10 Hz to 30 kHz
Input impedance: 40 kΩ
Voltage: 52 Volts RMS, 20 Hz to 20 kHz; onset of clipping 147 Volts peak to peak
Current: 120 Amps peak to peak
Damping Factor: 200
Inputs: 4 pairs line level RCA; 1 pair line level balanced XLR
Power Requirement: 115 / 230 VAC 50 / 60 Hz
Power Consumption: 900 W (maximum); 130 W (idle); < 0.5 W (standby)
Dimensions: 483 (W) x 510 (D) x 187 (H) mm
Weight: 39.0 kg

For a review from Hi-Fi+ magazine please click HERE

And for a second opinion from Hi-Fi News please click HERE