Item: Musical Fidelity m8500s, M6PRE, M6DAC
Location: Bakers Hill, WA
Price: $8950 (RRP of $17,485)
Item Condition: Excellent
Reason for selling: Time for something else (Gone slightly mad my wife would say)
Payment Method: Pickup - Cash, Bank Transfer with cleared funds before shipping
Extra Info: Built like the bricks#$t house
Buy the lot for less than just the power amp.
First owner, purchased new (not ex demo) around 1 year ago
The sale I will most likely regret is the M8500s power amp, 500 w into 8 ohm does come in handy.
All components are fully balanced right through, The pre operates in class A, the DAC is also fully balanced throughout.
The power amp is a brute, delivering an absolutely solid 500 watts into 8 ohms almost doubling into 4.
Very rare to get past 10 o'clock on the dial with my 803D2 B & W
I have directly compared this to a MC452 Mcintosh amp and there isn't much in it apart from the Mac is perhaps a tad smoother in the vocal range
and I would say the bass is a smidgen tighter with the MF but there is bugger all in it to be honest.
Some links
http://www.musicalfidelity.com/products/m8series/m8-500s
http://www.stereo.net.au/forums/index.php/topic/61575-musical-fidelity-m8-500s-stereo-power-amp/ (I hope Al doesn't mind)
http://www.musicalfidelity.com/support/discontinued-products/m6pre
http://www.musicalfidelity.com/support/discontinued-products/m6dac
http://www.stereophile.com/content/musical-fidelity-m6dac-da-processor#gsKhLRgKb3dSYrPs.97 (Stereophile reccomended component)
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