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How did the Musical Fidelity A5 age?

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How did the Musical Fidelity A5 age?
« on: 13 Aug 2021, 07:11 pm »
I'm more of an old school audiophile and haven't kept up much with newer technology.

The Musical Fidelity A5 always intrigued me 10+ years ago and came across a used one.  How do you think these aged in relation to newer technology?  I would think the newer integrated's with newer DAC's and/or digital amps would do more now days for the money.

The A5 is going for around $1k-1,200 nowdays, not sure what you could get for that for "newer" tech.
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Re: How did the Musical Fidelity A5 age?
« Reply #1 on: 16 Aug 2021, 10:15 am »
I'm curious about this one, too.
Nobody?
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Re: How did the Musical Fidelity A5 age?
« Reply #2 on: 17 Aug 2021, 02:53 pm »
I owned a MF A5 integrated from 2010 to 2020.

Built like a tank, gobs of clean power, decent phono stage, and had an HT Direct feature that I used all the time to switch between Home Theater and old-school 2 channel.

Tonally balanced and neutral; I'd recommend it.

The only reason I sold it is because I wanted to go up to the next level sonically and went with a Luxman L509x.

It 'aged' very well!
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Re: How did the Musical Fidelity A5 age?
« Reply #3 on: 17 Aug 2021, 04:03 pm »
Thank you.
I recall an ex-MF dealer saying the only reason they dropped them is because they didn't sell due to the price.
He said they were excellent products just priced too high.
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Re: How did the Musical Fidelity A5 age?
« Reply #4 on: 17 Aug 2021, 04:11 pm »
How old is it ?
I think its not Interesting tô your wallet spend $1k in a senilé amp around 5yo or more IMO.
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Re: How did the Musical Fidelity A5 age?
« Reply #5 on: 10 Oct 2021, 08:14 pm »
@ Zathras
How did the MF A5 compare to the Luxman L509? I have been contemplating the L509 or the L590.
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