Who has experience with Musical Fidelity M6 500i?

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  • Jkk
    Jkk Posts: 4
    edited May 25
    WagnerRC wrote: »
    I did not like it at all and the customer support really lacked. I have a M6SI and iy blows it away. 200 watts and way better .

    Yes ,have them both and i have exactly same results.
    M6si500 had no bass, too forward and too bright and shrill.🤔
    Strangely m6si iwas way more dynamic also at lower volumes .
    Maybe it needs massive speakers to flex its muscles and you get to roll volume knob more ?
    hardcore dissapointment and blowing money in toilet.
  • dogwallop
    dogwallop Posts: 16
    Jkk wrote: »
    WagnerRC wrote: »
    I did not like it at all and the customer support really lacked. I have a M6SI and iy blows it away. 200 watts and way better .

    Yes ,have them both and i have exactly same results.
    M6si500 had no bass, too forward and too bright and shrill.🤔
    Strangely m6si iwas way more dynamic also at lower volumes .
    Maybe it needs massive speakers to flex its muscles and you get to roll volume knob more ?
    hardcore dissapointment and blowing money in toilet.
    That’s surprising, especially given the specs and praise the M6 500i usually gets. But yeah, synergy with speakers can make or break an amp, if it’s too bright and lacking low-end, maybe it’s just not playing nice with your setup. Some amps really need efficient or full-range speakers to breathe
  • Jkk
    Jkk Posts: 4
    dogwallop wrote: »
    Jkk wrote: »
    WagnerRC wrote: »
    I did not like it at all and the customer support really lacked. I have a M6SI and iy blows it away. 200 watts and way better .

    Yes ,have them both and i have exactly same results.
    M6si500 had no bass, too forward and too bright and shrill.🤔
    Strangely m6si iwas way more dynamic also at lower volumes .
    Maybe it needs massive speakers to flex its muscles and you get to roll volume knob more ?
    hardcore dissapointment and blowing money in toilet.
    That’s surprising, especially given the specs and praise the M6 500i usually gets. But yeah, synergy with speakers can make or break an amp, if it’s too bright and lacking low-end, maybe it’s just not playing nice with your setup. Some amps really need efficient or full-range speakers to breathe

    Ok

    Im not quitting yet ,I will try different speakers and stuff .
    Have to try bigger full range speakers ,old ones I have are full range but I will try even bigger speaker with big woofers.
    Bass traps, acoustic panels for the annoying frequensies etc..
  • skipshot12
    skipshot12 Posts: 1,772
    This is interesting.
    Will stay with this thread to see what your experiment discovers.

    And, it's refreshing to see one not giving up and taking the easy route.
  • Jkk
    Jkk Posts: 4
    skipshot12 wrote: »
    This is interesting.
    Will stay with this thread to see what your experiment discovers.

    And, it's refreshing to see one not giving up and taking the easy route.

    I will post my results

    ,I plan to use 4 x 50 mm acoustic panels on opposite wall for sharp echo and bass traps on corners to nullify bass eating reflections.

    Room echo makes awful hard upper range and corners will eat any bass
    Volume doesnt help, reflection increases and nullifys bass at any volume at dead spots.
    I walked at the room and bass is heard on very little spots , so awful room dead spots
    My room acoustics is the problem I think,
    M6si is little bit darker sounding than m6si 500 so bass is heard more at first impression
    I will buy used ladder r2r dac also ,it should be less digital dounding on upper range.
  • Jkk
    Jkk Posts: 4
    Update /
    Now I have panels and such installed.
    I managed to get too much bass from my system by acoustics and moving things around .Also upper range got too dark simultaneously.
    Dialed some more and now I think that I got very good balance ,atleast what is bossible in this room .
    Now this was very eye opening experience and learned a lot .
    Bass slam is also very good in low volume .