Musical Fidelity NU-VISTA 600.2 Integrated Amplifier (Black)

Musical Fidelity NU-VISTA 600.2 Integrated Amplifier (Black)After the huge success of the acclaimed and multi award winning Nu Vista 800. 2, it is time to announce the new Nu Vista 600. 2. The Nu Vista 600. 2 is a much bigger update and rework than previously our Nu Vista 800. 2. Simon Quarry, our Chief of Design, has again done a fabulous job to fine tune the amplifier for sweet sound, but huge power and transparency. Compared to the old Nu Vista 600, the updated 600. 2 now features the full TITAN power amp

After the huge success of the acclaimed and multi award winning Nu-Vista 800.2, it is time to announce the new Nu-Vista 600.2. The Nu-Vista 600.2 is a much bigger update and rework than previously our Nu-Vista 800.2. Simon Quarry, our Chief of Design, has again done a fabulous job to fine tune the amplifier for sweet sound, but huge power and transparency.

Compared to the old Nu-Vista 600, the updated 600.2 now features the full TITAN power amp design including locally decoupled output stage. PCB layout has been drastically reworked and improved. Electrical components have been updated, the 600.2 now uses the same laser trimmed volume control like the 800.2 and the PSU-section has been greatly improved.

The Nu-Vista 600.2 is our latest love letter to strictly analog, discrete, dual mono amplifiers using big oversized toroidal transformers with multi array power supplies and the finest filtering of pre- and power section. And on top, the beautiful Class-A tube stage consisting of highly famed, and by now almost extinct, nuvistor tubes. The massive mechanics, stunning casework and display with VUmeters don’t only get you the best sound/performance but also the haptical feel of true LUXURY.

We believe that only a true analog amplifier with NO DIGITAL or even WiFi streaming on 
board can reach the maximum of fidelity, which the concerned music lover is expecting of a Musical Fidelity product. We feel responsible for our name. Musical Fidelity

The TITAN heritage
Certainly, one of the biggest changes is that we have now fully incorporated our famed TITAN design in the Nu-Vista 600.2, bringing it up-to-par with its bigger 800.2 sibling and the esteemed PRE/PAS/PAM range.

Giving each output device (transistor) a corresponding high current bulk supply capacitor allows more immediate access to stored energy, with much lower impedance path to flow through. This results in better transient response and coincidently provides a degree of improved ripple filtering at higher currents in conjunction with the supply capacitors situated elsewhere.

The main supply capacitors are situated right on the rectifiers, also decreasing supply impedance and helping to keep rectification and hum noise away from the high gain PA circuit.

The 600.2 PCB layout has been optimized for lower power, roughly half that of the 800.2, now featuring a sleeker, more refined and subtle “V4” look – with 4 output transistors per channel. The 800.2 features a much bulkier design with 10 output transistors per channel, giving it similar appearance to a “V10” engine.

Heroic Build Quality
The Nu-Vista 600.2‘s mechanical construction is uncompromisingly rigid and solid in typical Musical Fidelity tradition. Front panel and side panels are milled from extruded aluminum profiles and are extremely massive. The Nu-Vista 600.2 is basically immune against the effects of vibration from the environment. The same can be said about electro magnetic immunity. The massive aluminum case acts as a Faraday cage. It protects the internals against outer electromagnetic fields, and in the same way, the rest of your HiFi gear against electromagnetic fields generated by the Nu-Vista 600.2.

NU-VISTA by Musical Fidelity

The NU-VISTA by Musical Fidelity range is a magic combo of power and finesse. It represents all of Musical Fidelity‘s technology in making the best, sweetest-sounding amps in the world in a cost-no-object, no-compromise solution.

The Nu-Vista 600.2 represents the very best in today‘s amplification. As we know power is not everything. There is a place for high and lower powered amps, it all 
depends on the context: the room, the speakers, the source material.

With correct circuit board design and careful layout, just like the 800.2, the Nu-Vista 600.2’s technical performances are astonishing. They measure and sound like a dream. The 600.2 feels calm and smooth, and never loses control of its striking dynamic range and a natural,  effortless transient response. It projects lifelike  images between the speakers, recreating the  tangible and captivating presence of bombastic live music, big orchestras and smaller, intimate jazz performances alike

Specifications

Output

• Power: 160W into 8 ohms, 300W into 4 ohms, 500W peaks into 2 ohms
  
• Voltage: 36 Volts RMS, 20Hz to 20 kHz; onset of clipping, 147 Volts peak to peak
  
• Current: 50 Amps peak to peak
  
• Damping factor: 100
  
• Output devices: 2 pairs per channel
  
• Gain: Preamp 4.3x (12.6dB) at maximum volume, Power Amp 34x (31dB) Line input
  
• THD+N: < 0.005 % typical, 20Hz to 20 kHz
  
• SNR: > 107dB ‘A’-weighted
  
• Input impedance: 100 k Ohms
  
• Frequency response: + 0, –0.1dB, 10Hz to 30 kHz
  

Connections

• Line level inputs: 4 pairs line level RCA connectors; 2 pairs line level balanced XLR connectors
• Line level outputs: 1 pair line level RCA connectors, constant level LINE outputs; 1 pair line level RCA connectors, PREAMP outputs for e.g. biamping; 1 pair line level XLR connectors, PREAMP outputs for e.g. biamping
  
• Speaker outputs: 2 pairs 4mm banana plug/ binding posts
  

Power requirement

• Mains voltages: 115/230VAC 50/60Hz (factory 
  pre-set); 100VAC 50/60Hz (alternative)
  
• Consumption: <0.5W in standby mode (orange LED lit); 75W on and idle (blue LED lit); 600 Watts maximum

General Information

• Dimensions (WxHxD): 483 x 187 x 510 mm
  
• Weight: 36 kg net / 44.3 kg boxed