I have bought my last Musical Fedelity product.
I ordered a new Roundtable from MD last month and received it in good order. It was packed well and came in undamaged.
I hooked it up and it sounded terrible so after a few hours decided to replace the AT cart. with my Clear audio cart. I have changed a lot of carts in the last 40 years and never had the trouble I had with this one.
The cart. pins were on so tight that when I tried to remove them I pulled two of the wires lose from the pins.
I ordered 2 packages of new pins and soldered the ones I pulled loose on. When I went play the unit and it only had sound from one channel so I thought I had done a bad soldering job. Replaced the 2 pins with new ones and played the unit and it still sounded like crap so I pulled the plate-cover off the bottom of the tonearm and found 2 more wires that were not attached. I know I didn't pull them lose and they looked like they had never been soldered.
Went to their website and the only way to contact them is to make an international call or write them a letter.
They used to be a good company to buy from but no longer in my opinion. Everything about the turntable looked good but the tonearm is about the cheapest I have ever seen on a product that list for $1000.
The tonearm weight is all most unadjustable
Well thanks for letting me vent as I am really upset about this and will never buy from MF again..
Greg
