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Musical Fidelity Tri-Vista SACD Player Restoration & Improvement

25 Comments / CD Players & DACs, Restoration & Overhaul, Upgrades / / 26 February 2023

Back in 2012, I restored and modified this stunning Musical Fidelity Tri-Vista SACD Player. I’ve improved and updated my article, for your COVID-19 reading pleasure. Musical Fidelity’s Tri-Vista range (in 2003) consisted of the Tri-Vista SACD player, Tri-Vista 300 integrated amplifier, the kW pre- and power amp, a vinyl player and a separate digital-to-analog converter, […]

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Magnus Audio MA-300 Power Amplifier Upgrade

6 Comments / Amplifiers, Upgrades / / 26 February 2023

This monster Magnus Audio MA-300 power amplifier came in for a factory power supply upgrade. Let’s take a look! Magnus Audio is not a well-known name here in Australia, maybe not elsewhere either, but, after working on this amplifier, perhaps they should be. I’d not worked on any Magnus Audio gear until this unit came

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PS Audio NuWave DSD DAC Performance Upgrade & Review

10 Comments / CD Players & DACs, Reviews, Upgrades / / 13 April 2023

I’ve developed and tested some improvements for the PS Audio NuWave DSD DAC. The results are astonishing and I’m now offering this service for my customers. Let’s take a look. Now updated with additional improvements and owner feedback. My apologies for the lack of articles, I’ve been inundated with work and this really slows down

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Musical Fidelity M1 DAC Review & Upgrades

13 Comments / Upgrades, CD Players & DACs, Reviews / / 17 November 2023

The Musical Fidelity M1 DAC shares some of the same DNA as the awesome Tri-Vista 21 tube DAC. Come along as I upgrade this M1 and discover just how good she can sound. Think of the Musical Fidelity M1 DAC as the little DAC that could. For its very modest asking price, you got and

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Vintage Fidelity Research FR-2 + Yamaha GT-2000 Vinyl Setup

6 Comments / Turntables & Vinyl, Upgrades / / 24 December 2023

My good friend wanted to give his Yamaha GT-2000 vinyl rig a shot in the arm. I suggested a few changes to improve cartridge/headshell/tonearm synergy. We achieved this by installing a gorgeous, vintage Fidelity Research FR-2 moving coil cartridge and RS-10 headshell. As any knowledgeable vinyl lover will know, Fidelity Research was a Japanese ‘vinyl-things’

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Fidelity Research FR-1 Mk3 Cartridge + RS-141 Headshell

2 Comments / Turntables & Vinyl, Upgrades / / 12 December 2023

I’ve been ‘secretly’ acquiring some vinyl goodies including a mint Fidelity Research FR-1 Mk3 moving coil cartridge… I followed that up with a matching Fidelity Research RS-141 one-piece milled aluminium headshell. These wonderful pieces of Japanese analog engineering partner up with my Jelco SA-750D tonearm, Kenwood KD-600 direct-drive turntable and (of course) Fidelity Research XF-1

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Legendary Yamaha NS-1000M Loudspeaker Review & Upgrades

43 Comments / Speakers, Reviews, Upgrades / / 24 June 2023

The legendary Yamaha NS-1000M loudspeaker is an iconic design that, in many ways has almost no peers even today, 50 years on. Yamaha’s NS-1000M is lauded by those who have heard them and loved by many thousands of owners, who, like me, appreciate their unique attributes. I own the pair of NS-1000s featured in this article,

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