MUSICAL FIDELITY - M6x Vinyl MM/MC Phono Preamplifier

Fully Discrete Circuitry, Balanced Inputs and Outputs, Quiet Operation, and Enormous Versatility Distinguish the Award-Winning Musical Fidelity M6x Vinyl MM/MC Phono Preamplifier
Get balanced and stay discrete with the Musical Fidelity M6x Vinyl MM/MC phono preamplifier. Acclaimed and awarded by the likes of Hi-Fi Choice, What Hi-Fi?, StereoNet, and veteran critic Paul Rigby, the 12.1-pound M6x Vinyl delivers highly accurate performance, offers exact and precise loading for both MM and MC cartridges, and gives you both balanced and unbalanced output options. It’s also foolproof in that you cannot overload the input stage or encounter any real-world limitations in the output driving capacity in single-ended or balanced operation. M6X Vinyl even remembers the settings you sign for each of its three separate inputs, one of which is balanced.
Practically dead-quiet when in use, M6x Vinyl processes the delicate analog signal with elevated levels of clarity, purity, naturalism, and neutrality. Featuring completely discrete circuitry, it lets you connect up to three different turntables or one or two with multiple tonearm configurations. Its selectable gain suits an enormous range of cartridge sensitivities while changing the parameters for loading and type are easily accessed by selector buttons on the front panel.
On the outside, M6x Vinyl showcases an understated, form-follows-function design that reflects its robustly built chassis. But it’s what inside — specifically, the fully discrete circuitry — that truly matters and results in analog playback that is dynamic, vivid, detailed, and true. In terms of sound, engineering, versatility, and the ability to accommodate changes and growth to your system, M6x Vinyl stands as a leader in its class.
"I don’t know of other products anywhere near its price that do so much so well."
—David Price, Hi-Fi Choice, Recommended review
"Phono Stage of the Year 2023: A full-width and fully versatile phono stage from Musical Fidelity, with three separate inputs (including a balanced option) each able to have different loadings applied. Discrete component circuits ensure a thrilling audio experience from these most delicate of musical signals."
—What Hi-Fi, Phonostage of the Year Award
"In balanced mode, the M6x sounded absolutely sublime. A sheer audio delight and well worth the price tag."
—Paul Rigby, The Audiophile Man, Groovy Award
"This is an excellent phonostage.”
—StereoNet, Applause Award
"A performance that under other brands would be considered superlative at well over 10 times the price."
—Ashley Cox, Audio Appraisal