Sidebar 1: Heinz Lichtenegger and Nu-Vista
The Musical Fidelity Nu-Vista 600.2 is the latest component in what HeinzLichtenegger, CEO of Audio Tuning Vertriebs GmbH, parent company of Musical Fidelity, Pro-Ject, and other brands, describes as a complete range of Nu-Vista products dubbed "Nu-Vista by Musical Fidelity." His 45 years in the hi-fi industry have shown him, he told Stereophile, the benefits of launching complete series, with options at different price points.
The series started off with the flagship PRE preamp and the partnering PAS stereo amplifier, each with a power supply in a separate chassis. There's also the PAM, the monoblock version of the PAS. And then there are the source components: the Nu-Vista Vinyl 2 phono stage, Nu-Vista DAC, and Nu-Vista CD player/digital hub. "A key concept for the Nu-Vista range is our use of big, outboard choke-regulated power supplies so we are planning another separate PSU chassis to feed all our upcoming source components," Lichtenegger told Hi-Fi News in 2023. That power supply now exists, in the form of the Nu-Vista UNI PSU, which has outputs to power all three source components at once, each channel with its own umbilical feed.
And then there are the integrated amplifiers: the 600.2 reviewed here and the larger, more powerful 800.2 reviewed by John Atkinson in our January 2024 issue.
Just don't expect a streaming integrated or any other Nu-Vista component that mixes digital and analog. "We would never put any digital circuits in a Nu-Vista power or integrated amplifier. In listening tests, it just does not work. It's not the same quality, not suitable for the best of the best."—Jim Austin
The Musical Fidelity Nu-Vista 600.2 is the latest component in what HeinzLichtenegger, CEO of Audio Tuning Vertriebs GmbH, parent company of Musical Fidelity, Pro-Ject, and other brands, describes as a complete range of Nu-Vista products dubbed "Nu-Vista by Musical Fidelity." His 45 years in the hi-fi industry have shown him, he told Stereophile, the benefits of launching complete series, with options at different price points.
The series started off with the flagship PRE preamp and the partnering PAS stereo amplifier, each with a power supply in a separate chassis. There's also the PAM, the monoblock version of the PAS. And then there are the source components: the Nu-Vista Vinyl 2 phono stage, Nu-Vista DAC, and Nu-Vista CD player/digital hub. "A key concept for the Nu-Vista range is our use of big, outboard choke-regulated power supplies so we are planning another separate PSU chassis to feed all our upcoming source components," Lichtenegger told Hi-Fi News in 2023. That power supply now exists, in the form of the Nu-Vista UNI PSU, which has outputs to power all three source components at once, each channel with its own umbilical feed.
And then there are the integrated amplifiers: the 600.2 reviewed here and the larger, more powerful 800.2 reviewed by John Atkinson in our January 2024 issue.
