Amplifier Musical Fidelity A5-INT
British developers believe that the amplifier has to be powerful. The apparent excess of watts will be needed when playing music with strong dynamic contrast arises. And according to their own estimates, the A5-INT even weak. In addition, a powerful technique has another advantage - positioned far clipping threshold. After the usual 100 - 150-watt amplifiers even class High End (about cheap and I do not speak) often give a sudden and unpleasant sharp overtone on powerful clear euphonious tones - this is especially noticeable when you connect the "heavy" and the acoustics in a large room. Here from this scourge you are insured. Of course, power amplifiers, except deficiencies and weight have any problems, but the Musical Fidelity learned (both - remains a mystery to me) to get around them.
About A5-INT add the following. The device has four regular line inputs, one correction (under the most common type of pickups MM) and one input signal for direct supply to the power amplifier. He is called Direct HT and serves to integrate the amplifier into a home theater system. There is also a pre-output section.
Sound. Well you can say... Still talented people designing amplifiers Musical Fidelity. The problem is too powerful okonechnikov well known - a very big chance to get the sound of Coarse-grain, devoid of fine musical detail. So, A5-INT helpful in this review unit with sound, the most informative! Accuracy microdynamics study wins. Especially in the lower and middle registers - here every nuance of the sound clearly.
The device does retain a high clarity and openness playback even at very high levels and effectively conveys the very dynamic contrasts. But the most valuable quality A5-INT, in my opinion, this feeling is real happening. Apparatus provides a reproduced sound footing. Music in his performance becomes a material, tangible, acquire images, body and soul. He gives sound invigorating dose of optimism can lead to a sense of acoustics with sluggish dynamics. In short, it works as a rescuer, but with a higher stage and musical education. And once I started talking about the scene. Have A5-INT little peccadillo: in the stereo images, despite the good focus, still not very stable, and the overall sound atmosphere as if slightly simplified. But if you rarely listen to chamber ensembles, you do not have disks with choral singing and organ music, and the main repertoire of music is electronic, rock, symphony or dance, you never notice it.
