Musical Fidelity M8X Vinyl Fully Balanced and Discrete Phono Preamplifier

8x Vinyl - Overview The M8x Vinyl is the new flagship phono preamplifier in the acclaimed Musical Fidelity M-range. Compared to its smaller brother, the M6x Vinyl, the M8 goes a step further in almost all aspects. What is new?Fully balanced & fully discrete: The M6x Vinyl was already fully discrete, but not fully balanced. In the M8x Vinyl, each channel’s + and - signal get their own amplifier stage. This means there are more than twice as many discrete components that make up the phono stage and the PCB is almost 3x the size as before!Improved gain stage design: the gain stage now consists of 3 stages, which are able to provide more gain than before and operate at lower noise and distortion!More gain options: 40, 43, 46, 49, 60, 63, 66, 69dBNew discrete input power filtering and DC blocking circuitry: Like the phono stage, also the power PCB is now 3x as big. It provides clean power to the fully balanced phono stage that is now twice as demanding!The Super Silent Power Transformer