Musical Fidelity X-Ray V8, Cyrus CD8X or Arcam FMJ CD36

[matengawhat]

EDIT Just saw your thread on this...gulp...good luck with it!

i hope it will work out - i think i got quite a good price on them so if i don't like will sell on and hopefully won't lose anything on them - they look good though!!!

 

[indietronic]

can one tell me if the mf x-ray v8 would be a pretty good match for naim nait 5i ?

especially someone who owns 'em both. i havent heard them together but apart from the fact they're both british, v8 is too detailed, naim is quite musical, so i guess it'd be a pretty good match, i know that some will say "go out and buy xt-100, a mf product too", but i'd like to know your experiences and opinions...

(bear in mind that i'm also planning to buy a pair of harbeths in the NEAR FUTURE (probably compact 7 es3) so i want to partially build a higher level system, which i hope that will give me more true pleasure...)

 

[Anonymous]

IMO the XRay would suit the amp if that's the amp sound you're after, but will the amp suit the Harbeths?

 

[indietronic]

what about a match between x-ray v8 naim nait 5i and epos m12i ? indiana line which i currently use to listen sounds pretty much alike m12i (except for the deeper bass) , i'm planning to do one action at a time, but at the moment, i can find bargain prices for the nait 5i (which sound i know and love, although i'm sure it'd be better to buy v8 and xt-100, still no good price for the xt-100) and the epos m12i (harbeth is a different story, but is a target for many years now, so it can wait...) just open my heart in this forum...

 

[matengawhat]

i would ignore the xt-100 think you can do better for the money since there are no bargains on these at moment

 

[indietronic]

you think my current setup including good ol' nad and indiana line (which i love) will keep up with x-ray v8's performance or should it be wiser for me to buy a lower class cd-player. for example, i'm also seriously thinking of marantz 5003 as a cheap alternative

so to summarize, from the topic's 3 models, i've chosen musical fidelity x-ray v8, given my personal taste of sound and the fact that can find it in a bargain price on e-bay. its sound though , being especially detailed, is subject to make me think of a later upgrade of my amp and/or my speakers. at the moment, i generally choose between musical fidelity or marantz, buy i want your opinion, is the mf xray v8's sound too detailed for my "musical" nad ? indiana line 5.04 are especially well-balanced so i do not worry. what you think?

one last note, marantz can play mp3/wma formats, while mf as a high-end (or higher-fi) machine cannot . are we sure at least mf xray v8 can play cdrw? would you mind missing the extra features of marantz ?

thank you all.

 

[indietronic]

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[Anonymous]

Hi All,

I live in Spain and there is an online retailer over here that is selling the Triple X power supply, X-Ray V8 and Xt100 amp

for ?1595. Does this represent good value, and how will this gear perform. Also, any recommendation for speakers. Currently I have old Mission 753's which are still great but would other speakers be better.

Any help would be greatfully received.

Graham

 

[indietronic]

what's the url ? i'm interested !

 

[Anonymous]

Do a google search on supersonido and then translate the page if you cant read Spanish!!