I now have the A5 and IMO this is an extremely good machine. Once it is on for a few hours sterile is the last word that descibes the sound. There is almost nothing to complain about. For reference, I owned many machines in the past several years and each had much to complain about. Here are a few: Cary 303/300 Simm Equinox Marantz SA-11 Naim CD5/Flatcap Esoteric DV-50 ARC CD3MK2 Wadia 860X. The A5 delivers a well balanced sound, deep far back soundstage, excellent dynamics, very good extension and definition into the highs/lows, very good imaging, fast and quite transport.......hard to go wrong with this one.
How good is the Musical Fidelity A5?
I've read + heard great things about this unit on a limitted basis but Audiogoner's seem to have little interest in tihs player for some reason. I have seen only one comparison of this unit on this site and that was against the Cary 303 / 300 (yes I did read the TAS article which compared it to the Lector). Has anyone done extensive listening on this unit?