Musical Fidelity A308 – Stage 2
After discussions with John, I recently purchased a Stage 2 Musical Fidelity A308 Amplifier from him. This was an alternative I chose to having John upgrade my existing Musical Fidelity A3.2 to Stage 2. The unit arrived in excellent condition in original MF packaging and with the original paperwork. I’m running Spendor BC1 speakers and […]
Service & Upgrade
Sent a 20 year old plus X Cans version 1 headphone amp for a service and upgrade. I was really happy with the end result, it came back better than new. The service was excellent and over a couple of calls I was given very helpful advice with respect to replacement tubes and power supply. […]
Musical Fidelity Upgrades.
I have owned the same Wilmslow Audio Prestige speakers since 2000. They were built by the Hi Fi Company Audiosynthesis and used at the 1999 Heathrow HiFi show. I have gone through various systems while owning them and they have always sounded amazing. I have yet to hear any speakers that compare to them as […]
Meridian Rebuild
John knows these amplifiers well and explained that the previous bodged repairs from others were never going to work properly. He completely rebuilt the input stages of the amp with quality components which he matched for performance and added heat sinks to keep the high running temperature down. Then he completely checked and adjusted the […]
Musical Fidelity X-A1 Stage 2 Upgrade + Musical Fidelity X-Ray Serviced
So here we are in late 2025, and once again I have a Musical Fidelity X-A1 Amplifier with X-Ray CD Player. I first bought these as new units in 1998, sold them in 1999, and here I am again, over 25 years later, with a second-hand X-A1 and X-Ray. Both are in excellent (near mint) […]
Nu Vista Vinyl upgrade
I thought my Nu Vista Vinyl phono stage was good as standard, however John convinced me that his upgrade would take it to the next level, he wasn’t joking!! It took a couple of weeks for the unit to bed in, but the improvements were dramatic the detail and sonics were in sharp focus, and […]
Phenomenal improvement to sound and listening pleasure.
In May 2025 I had an electrical fault in the house, and after repair my Poweramp kept shorting the circuit. I looked on line for someone who could diagnose and repair the problem. Within a few hours John had contacted me with a likely diagnosis, and a repair cost. Following a little more investigation on […]
Nuvista 800 repair and upgrade
Out of action for 3 years, completely blown and repaired by John with the stage 2 upgrade and just WOW WOW WOW …great to actually find someone who could repair the thing in the first place but the upgrade itself just takes it to another dimension. Highly recommended, cannot praise highly enough, John really knows […]
Best Ever Gamble
Technics SE -M100 Digital Power Amplifier and Technics SU A40 Pre Amp Review September 2025 Recently my beloved technics amps started to have problems with channels randomly disappearing and then coming back, sometimes after 2 minutes, 15 minutes, sometimes after 30 minutes, or a tweak of the volume knob would also see both channels come […]
Upgrade
After one month following your excellent upgrade I am really enjoying the enhanced performance of my integrated amplifier. The performance has been significantly improved at all levels and as you explained it continues to get better. The upgrade is exactly as you described and the work was completed within your expected timescale. Many thanks John. […]