New- Musical Fidelity M6 Encore 225 - all-in-one system.

[gowiththeflow]

Musical Fidelity M6 Encore 225.

Scant detail at the moment, possibly 2 models with different power outputs.

Inc. CD player, Streamer, on-board HDD storage, DAC, Integrated Amp with high power output.

Full colour display, 7 or 8 digital in (USB, 2x co-ax, 2x optical), 3x line in, digital and analogue out, network connections.

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[RickyDeg]

Fantastic! Looking forward to this one!

Never thought MF would take this all-in-one step honestly. Love the HDD-part.

 

[Al ears]

Fantastic! Looking forward to this one!

Never thought MF would take this all-in-one step honestly. Love the HDD-part.

Interesting!!!!!!

 

[Andrewjvt]

I like the display

 

[drummerman]

I like its little face

 

[RickyDeg]

I wonder if it'll accept SSD?

 

[Vladimir]

Looks gorgeous.

 

[Frank Harvey]

It will allow an ugrade to SSD in the future.

 

[RickyDeg]

It will allow an ugrade to SSD in the future.

Thanks David, but what did you mean by "...in the future"? If one purchases the unit shouldn't I be able to switch out the default harddrive unit with an SSD by yourself at will? Or perhaps it doesn't work that way?

 

[bigfish786]

They've had another stab at the all in one. The kw250s was a beast!

 

[tino]

Priced at £3999. .... !

 

[RickyDeg]

They've had another stab at the all in one. The kw250s was a beast!

WOW! Never knew of the KW250... what a beast indeed! (and quite the beauty too!)

The new Encore 225 seem almost puny by comparison?

 

[drummerman]

I saw the Cyrus Lyric Stealth at my local RS.

Looks actually very nice and is much cheaper.

 

[RickyDeg]

Unless I missed it the Cyrus Lyric Stealth doesn't have internal HDD storage though?

And the price seems to land at about the same in my country.

So, if the above is correct the MF unit offer more for around the same money.

 

[RustyZip]

For me the Musical Fidelity room playing their "Encore" at the Bristol show was the best sound of the whole show !

Not bad for an "all-in-one" !

Other equipment used with it was some Nordost cables and the B&W new 804 floostanders with the grey cones.

Damn awesome !

 

[steve_1979]

I like its little face

I thought it looked good at first but now you've spoiled it. I just can't un-see that face now.

 

[manicm]

Everyone's jumping on this high end all in one bandwagon now. Just makes me want to get a Cyrus seperates system. But I'll wait till they launch class D seperates, has to be a matter of time.

 

[Paulq]

Anyone bought or heard one of these since launch? It does look very appealing....

 

[toyota man]

Hi Paulq I've ordered one I hope to get it some time this month not heard one yet but if it has the MF sound I will be more than happy, as soon as I get it I will post a review

 

[Paulq]

Hi Paulq I've ordered one I hope to get it some time this month not heard one yet but if it has the MF sound I will be more than happy, as soon as I get it I will post a review

Great - I have never heard one or, for that matter, anything MF so I am very curious. I'll be interested to read your review and thanks.

I have been looking for the MF iOS app so I could have a squiz at that but there no longer appears to be one - do you know if there is or am I missing something?

Hope you enjoy it!

 

[toyota man]

Hi Paulq I am sure there is a control app I have just done a quick search of the app store but drew a blank, I was lucky about 3 years ago I was looking to upgrade my CDP and I had a few dems at my local dealers who I bought hifi from for over 20 years and I noticed that rather than let me decide what I liked that they were pushing one brand so hard it put me off going back so I popped into to my local Seven Oaks and they were happy to let me have equipment on home dem over the weekend and then I found the sound I realy liked which was Musical Fedelity first off I had an M6i amp and a Roksan Caspian CDP and then I upgraded to an M6500i and a little later on I swapped my Roksan for a Musical Fedelity CDP and to say that I am looking forward to the Encore would be an Understatement like a kid before Christmas , I am now going to have another search for that app I am sure there is one

 

[Hi-FiOutlaw]

Hi Paulq I am sure there is a control app I have just done a quick search of the app store but drew a blank, I was lucky about 3 years ago I was looking to upgrade my CDP and I had a few dems at my local dealers who I bought hifi from for over 20 years and I noticed that rather than let me decide what I liked that they were pushing one brand so hard it put me off going back so I popped into to my local Seven Oaks and they were happy to let me have equipment on home dem over the weekend and then I found the sound I realy liked which was Musical Fedelity first off I had an M6i amp and a Roksan Caspian CDP and then I upgraded to an M6500i and a little later on I swapped my Roksan for a Musical Fedelity CDP and to say that I am looking forward to the Encore would be an Understatement like a kid before Christmas , I am now going to have another search for that app I am sure there is one

Hi TM, did your unit arrived yet...? I'm looking to the Encore as my next upgrade route, will have to go to Madrid or Barcelona to have a demo, no MF dealer in Portugal...

 

[CnoEvil]

I'm looking to the Encore as my next upgrade route, will have to go to Madrid or Barcelona to have a demo, no MF dealer in Portugal...

Hello my friend...is the old upgrade bug beginning to bite, then. *wink*

Have you considered a solution from Pathos, like Ethos or Inpol/Remix. I have also been impressed with the mix of Linn DS and Arcam A39.

The MF is an interesting looking product, but it's based on the M6, which I'm not sure will sound as well as your Pathos...but that's a hunch and shouldn't stop your dem.

 

[Hi-FiOutlaw]

I'm looking to the Encore as my next upgrade route, will have to go to Madrid or Barcelona to have a demo, no MF dealer in Portugal...

Hello my friend...is the old upgrade bug beginning to bite, then. *wink*

Have you considered a solution from Pathos, like Ethos or Inpol/Remix. I have also been impressed with the mix of Linn DS and Arcam A39.

The MF is an interesting looking product, but it's based on the M6, which I'm not sure will sound as well as your Pathos...but that's a hunch and shouldn't stop your dem.

hi Cno and thanks for jumping in, you might be right about the sound quality gap, but this "things" (all in one solutions) need to be looked as "one" and the DAC quality do have an important role in all the equation. I never demo a MF DAC don't know how my "old" Rega DAC stills holds on...

Also got an eye on the Hegel 160, Pass Labs INT 150 and Pathos Lògos with internal DAC, but first will upgrade my X12 for some Dynaudio C1, cannot se myself having another speaker brand, and I need more power to feed the C1s , 80wpc will not be enough.

Lets see where i end up...

 

[CnoEvil]

hi Cno and thanks for jumping in, you might be right about the sound quality gap, but this "things" (all in one solutions) need to be looked as "one" and the DAC quality do have an important role in all the equation. I never demo a MF DAC don't know how my "old" Rega DAC stills holds on...

Also got an eye on the Hegel 160, Pass Labs INT 150 and Pathos Lògos with internal DAC, but first will upgrade my X12 for some Dynaudio C1, cannot se myself having another speaker brand, and I need more power to feed the C1s , 80wpc will not be enough. 

Lets see where i end up...

I didn't know you could get the Logos with an Internal DAC...that would be a great solution, if the Class A InpolRemix had too little power for your needs....though it would sound great with some Harbeths, Audio Notes or Proacs. *diablo*

I would also throw some Diapason speakers into the mix.