Musical Fidelity M8s series is the brand’s latest range of amplifiers, including Pre, Power and integrated models. Featuring superb technology from previous successful models such as the Titan range, the M8s comes at a more affordable price point and minimalistic styling on the exterior. Whether it’s for your home cinema or music listening session, the M8s series is a fantastic option.
Who is Musical Fidelity?
Music Fidelity is a well-known brand within the audio and high-end Hi-Fi industry who have been making and designing products for almost 40 years. Their first product launched in 1982 and was named ‘The Preamp’, it was quickly followed by the shoebox style “Dr Thomas” Power amplifier. In 1993, the classic Valve driven tubalog DAC went on sale and was a huge success. A standout product from Music Fidelity was the Titan, a mighty 1kw per channel amplifier with true Class A credentials boasting 14 hand-picked ECC81 tubes. Now owned by ‘Audio Tuning’ based in Austria, every product still hold its true British roots outputting sound of the highest quality and high fidelity.
Music Fidelity M8s Series M8Xi
The M9Xi is a true pre amp with separate mono-block amplifiers which have their own individual heat sink and own transformer. The whole design of the internal elements is built with quality in mind; consequently, the PCB tracks are very short. This results in an ultra-low impedance amplifier giving the maximum reduction in unwanted background noise. The M8xi also features a 5 input DAC. This allows for a variety of digital inputs to be combined together for maximum convenience. The DAC chip is based around the Texas Instruments PCM5242 giving low distortion and low noise for ultimate listening pleasure.
Musical Fidelity M8s PRE
From its well thought out superb sounding internals to its modern design the M8sPRE will be the standout centrepiece of any home Hi-Fi system. The Musical Fidelity M8s has a wide array of inputs including a low noise MM/MC phono stage, 2 balanced inputs (1 with home theatre bypass option), 3 line inputs (one with home theatre bypass option) and a fully configured tape in/out loop.
The M8sPRE has an impressive, almost perfect frequency response meaning your music can be portrayed exactly how it was initially produced. The M8sPRE is a true fully balanced design making it a unique model for its price range as other rivals are often only single-ended with balanced inputs and outputs (not a true balanced design). One of the many inputs is an analogue MM/MC phono stage featuring a very accurate RIAA which delivers low distortion and a wide overload margin – making it perfect to use in conjunction with a turntable.
Musical Fidelity M8s 700
The new M8s-700m monoblock power amp is fully balanced, and offers a generous 700 watts per monobloc with amazing sound quality and technical performance. The noise ratio of the M8s-700m is extremely low at -120 dB A-weighted making it a very efficient effective power amplifier. The audio quality from the 700 is second to none with crystal clear, uncoloured sound with punchy dynamic range. The 700s predecessor; the Titan was an amazing unit however it was less accessible due to the large price tag and hefty weight … the M8s-700 is a more affordable and lightweight model.
M8s- 500
The 500 is the baby brother to the 700. Designed for those who don’t have space or requirement for the power of two monoblocs the 700 has. The 500 has a single monobloc and paired M8 preamplifiers. The unit has excellent connectivity with RCA phono, Line level XLR and 3.5mm mono jack inputs and identical outputs.
Whatever audio amplification you require, the Musical Fidelity M8s has you covered with their diverse and well-proportioned series of amplifiers.