PS Audio versus Musical Fidelity amp/preamp???????


Hi Guys,

I am considering either the PS Audio HCA-2 amp and matching pre-amp or the Musical Fidelity A3.2CR amp and preamp. Anybody listened to both and tell me what you think? I have not found any info on the bass quality of the Musical Fidelity although the reviews are very good. I like the look of the Musical Fidelity better, but am going for quality of sound first. Please help! Thank you.
filzz
Hi,
I am a new comer, so mu comment may not be accurate. But I owned a MF A3CR, which had a very good review too. But when I tried it with an old Krell KSA250, I didn't think that they matched very well. I got a lot of noise. Then I changed to either Rogue Magnum 99 or BAT VK-5 (the oldest version one). I compared the MF to VK-5, I found that the VK-5 sound more dynamic and much cleaner (actually more everything). It's true though that the price of the VK-5 is twice of the MF A3CR. Regards.
PS audio PCA and HCA are superb duo and beats MF gear (in the same price range) hands down. I am looking forward to the PS audio new GCx series amps but won't sell my PCA/HCA, I have owned both MF and PS audio, I agree that you can't go wrong with MF, but you will feel better with PS audio.
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