My New Musical Fidelity A5 and MIT IC's

NJPOLKER
NJPOLKER Posts: 3,474
edited December 2009 in 2 Channel Audio
Here they are. The cables now have about 18 hours on them. Everything sounds great right out of the box. After I make it through all the holiday stuff I'll have much more time to post my thoughts on all these things I purchased.

I gotta post better pictures too. I just looked at them after I posted them and they leave a lot to be desired.
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  • george daniel
    george daniel Posts: 12,096
    edited December 2009
    man,, you've got alot goin' on,,enjoy.:)
    JC approves....he told me so. (F-1 nut)
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  • NJPOLKER
    NJPOLKER Posts: 3,474
    edited December 2009
    Merry Christmas George

    In a way I wish I had more time to listen but family first. I have a 14 pound prime rib to cook. I picked it up at the butcher at 7am this morning then immediately had a fight with my bride. She was a little taken back by the $115.00 cost of the piece of meat. If she ever knew about these purchases WOW she'd be pissed :D
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  • NotaSuv
    NotaSuv Posts: 3,851
    edited December 2009
    NJPOLKER wrote: »
    Merry Christmas George

    In a way I wish I had more time to listen but family first. I have a 14 pound prime rib to cook. I picked it up at the butcher at 7am this morning then immediately had a fight with my bride. She was a little taken back by the $115.00 cost of the piece of meat. If she ever knew about these purchases WOW she'd be pissed :D

    so I take we dont tell all.....smart man here ;)
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  • george daniel
    george daniel Posts: 12,096
    edited December 2009
    Man,, you guys don't know how much I wish that I was in Penn. visiting my wifes family,,I just love the atmosphere there.:)
    JC approves....he told me so. (F-1 nut)
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  • NJPOLKER
    NJPOLKER Posts: 3,474
    edited December 2009
    Where in Pa?
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited December 2009
    Big improvement eh?
    "He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you." Friedrich Nietzsche
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  • pearsall001
    pearsall001 Posts: 5,068
    edited December 2009
    Congrats & enjoy!!! If only your wife knew what a bargain that $115 prime rib is...compared to your audio spending!!! Yikes. Keep it quiet man, keep it quiet.

    Merry Christmas!!!
    "2 Channel & 11.2 HT "Two Channel:Magnepan LRSSchiit Audio Freya S - SS preConsonance Ref 50 - Tube preParasound HALO A21+ 2 channel ampBluesound NODE 2i streameriFi NEO iDSD DAC Oppo BDP-93KEF KC62 sub Home Theater:Full blown 11.2 set up.
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  • NJPOLKER
    NJPOLKER Posts: 3,474
    edited December 2009
    Face wrote: »
    Big improvement eh?

    Yeah but I have not been able to turn the volume up much since I have family here now. I am trying to be respectful :eek: Matbe Monday after things settle down and everyone leaves I'll get some good time in.
    pearsall001 wrote: »
    Congrats & enjoy!!! If only your wife knew what a bargain that $115 prime rib is...compared to your audio spending!!! Yikes. Keep it quiet man, keep it quiet.

    Merry Christmas!!!

    The only thing she could possibly notice is the A5 and she is not that observant :o I should be thankful I guess. Its kind of sad the MIT IC's are hidden in the back of the system. Of course the tubes are out of sight but not out of sound :)
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited December 2009
    That's a great looking CDP and it doesn't sound to shabby either.
    CTC BBQ Amplifier, Sonic Frontiers Line3 Pre-Amplifier and Wadia 581 SACD player. Speakers? Always changing but for now, Mission Argonauts I picked up for $50 bucks, mint.
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  • george daniel
    george daniel Posts: 12,096
    edited December 2009
    NJPOLKER wrote: »
    Where in Pa?

    Just outside of Pittsburgh--Baden to be specific,,my wife grew up in Pitt,, IIRC, Penn Hills?
    JC approves....he told me so. (F-1 nut)
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited December 2009
    Nice Drew! Enjoy that hunk 'o meat too.
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  • leroyjr1
    leroyjr1 Posts: 8,785
    edited December 2009
    Very nice !!!!!


    Merry Christmas.
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  • Spehoks09
    Spehoks09 Posts: 10
    edited December 2009
    get on wikipedia, theres a lot of alternatives.


    right now im trying to get somebody to test out this skype business with me..
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,565
    edited December 2009
    Spehoks09 wrote: »
    get on wikipedia, theres a lot of alternatives.


    right now im trying to get somebody to test out this skype business with me..

    And this contributes to this discussion how?
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

    President of Club Polk

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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,077
    edited December 2009
    That MF A5 is dead sexy.

    BDT
    I plan for the future. - F1Nut
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  • engtaz
    engtaz Posts: 7,663
    edited December 2009
    Congrats, Great gear. enjoy.
    engtaz

    I love how music can brighten up a bad day.
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,967
    edited December 2009
    Congrats,very nice.

    But why spend 2 g's when 50 buck yamaha cdp will do the same thing ?:rolleyes::)

    Yes...I'm joking !!
    HT SYSTEM-
    Sony 850c 4k
    Pioneer elite vhx 21
    Sony 4k BRP
    SVS SB-2000
    Polk Sig. 20's
    Polk FX500 surrounds

    Cables-
    Acoustic zen Satori speaker cables
    Acoustic zen Matrix 2 IC's
    Wireworld eclipse 7 ic's
    Audio metallurgy ga-o digital cable

    Kitchen

    Sonos zp90
    Grant Fidelity tube dac
    B&k 1420
    lsi 9's
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  • Ern Dog
    Ern Dog Posts: 2,237
    edited December 2009
    Now that the dust has settled from Christmas, get your listen on and post a review.
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  • del44
    del44 Posts: 686
    edited December 2009
    Mmmm, That baby would look really nice sitting next to my A5 Preamp.:D I want to hear your thoughts on this CDP. There may be one in my future.
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  • NJPOLKER
    NJPOLKER Posts: 3,474
    edited December 2009
    I just got done **** my speakers.



























































    I unscrewed the OEM feet and replacing them with Mye Sound spikes. Its good I have some extra T-Nuts because one of the stock feet and nut came out together. A quick couple hits with the hammer and I was good to go. Maybe a 10 minute change over. Unfortunately I can't really see them since the pile of the carpet is just high enough to hide them.
    Now if I can just get rid of everyone I'd get some listening time in. I am getting a little stressed out with next to no time to listen to all these new components. I honestly feel its worse having all these things in place and not getting the time in to listen than before they arrived.
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  • thsmith
    thsmith Posts: 6,082
    edited December 2009
    Congrats NJ, Some nice additions !
    Speakers: SDA-1C (most all the goodies)
    Preamp: Joule Electra LA-150 MKII SE
    Amp: Wright WPA 50-50 EAT KT88s
    Analog: Marantz TT-15S1 MBS Glider SL| Wright WPP100C Amperex BB 6er5 and 7316 & WPM-100 SUT
    Digital: Mac mini 2.3GHz dual-core i5 8g RAM 1.5 TB HDD Music Server Amarra (memory play) - USB - W4S DAC 2
    Cables: Mits S3 IC and Spk cables| PS Audio PCs
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited December 2009
    NJPOLKER wrote: »
    I unscrewed the OEM feet and replacing them with Mye Sound spikes.

    Your jaw is going to drop when you hear what the MYE sounds points do for your bass response.
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  • danz1906
    danz1906 Posts: 5,144
    edited December 2009
    Congrats!
    Linn AV5140 fronts
    Linn AV5120 Center
    Linn AV5140 Rears
    M&K MX-70 Sub for Music
    Odyssey Mono-Blocs
    SVS Ultra-13 Gloss Black:D
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  • NJPOLKER
    NJPOLKER Posts: 3,474
    edited December 2009
    I had to post new pictures. The first ones didn't do justice to the A5's beauty because its just one of those things you have to see in person. I had to take a picture of the tubes in the Anthem while I was at it.
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