[Review] Music First Statement TVC

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    rollo

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    Music First Statement TVC

    Has anyone heard the new $7000 TVC? Are they serious. What besides two trannies and volume controls,RCA's and wire could cost $7000US.
    Are they serious?


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    larkrise Sheepdogs prefer red wine

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    It's a tad more reasonable than that you've got your figures wrong:

    UK pounds retail price £7895.00 inc VAT

    :D
     
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    Hi,

    Looks interesting but it's alot of money. It's going to be on show (and hopefully on dem) at the Hifi show this weekend.

    Here are some more details.

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    He has got the figures wrong at the current rate of exchange:

    7895 GBP equals 15,769.59 USD
     
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    Well if it sounds as good as other pre-amps at the same price....

    I'm perfectly happy with my pre-amp using the same transformers as the standard Music First though! I don't hear any way in which it could be significantly improved.
     
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    Standard MF can be seriously improved, even in a domain of properly executed TVC preamps.

    No big guns have played with a TVC format so far. There is lots to be done there.
     
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    sq225917 Exposer of Foo

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    i can tell you what's special on this one inside that causes the price increase.

















    the 2 ounces of crack they've been smoking...
     
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    larkrise Sheepdogs prefer red wine

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    It's the bracing Hastings sea air!
     
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    <Looks out the window>

    Yes, it is.

    Anyway, "statement" products have to be stupidly overpriced, otherwise they wouldn't make a statement.

    -- Ian
     
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    I will be launching the pre amp with Kevin from Audio Craft this weekend. It will be on dem.
     
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    How will we recognise you?
     
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    Hi,

    How do you rate it?

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    The best way to improve it is not to use a preamp at all! Even beats the top of the range wavac ;)
     
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    sq225917 Exposer of Foo

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    so 8 large for a nice case, transformers and some remote control gubbins.

    maybe it all makes sense why they stopped supplying Bent. A cynical man might say they we removing the competition.
     
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    Pretty much symptomatic of the 'higher' end of the industry from the looks of it.

    I realise that these products are just not targeted at me or anyone with my relatively average means but that is a joke.

    It doesn't really bother me because I don't really give two hoots how well the company or organisation fairs. However; Eight grand???? Eight Grand??? You could buy a camper-van for that.

    Nice fila top BTW
     
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    Not really, plenty of systems and amps require gain for better operation and sound better for it. :) Anyway, this is starting to put me of those Music First Passives, if I had enough money I would like a passive pre along those lines, particulary with balanced in and out.
     
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    If the sources have enough drive and the system has enough gain then what could it possibly add? It takes plenty away in my experience.
     
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    Ah but will it ring like a bell as Murray's example did?
     
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