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David Price - Hi-Fi- World

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The Music First Audio Preamplifier hold the following prestigious awards:

Hi Fi News
Editors Choice 2004, Preamplifier of the Year 2005, Preamplifier of the year 2006 (the first time in the magazines 50 year history that any product has won twice!)
6 Moons
Best of 2005
Positive Feedback on-line
Writers Choice award 2005
Hi Fi World
Preamplifier of the year 2006
Hi Fi News Editors Choice 2004 Hi Fi News Award 05 What Hi Fi Verdict Hi Fi News Award 06 Hi Fi World Verdict Revue du Son verdict Hi Fi World Award 2006

Reviews of the Music First Audio Passive Preamplifier have appeared in the following publications:


Hi Fi World - August 2003 - Copper Preamplifier. Please click here to download this review
Hi Fi News - October 2004 - Copper Preamplifier. Please click here to download this review.
Hi Fi Choice - May 2005 - Copper Preamplifier
6 Moons - October 2005 - Copper Preamplifier. Please click here to read this review (external site)
Stereophile - January 2006 - Copper Preamplifier
Hi Fi World - September 2006 - Silver Preamplifier. Please click here to download this review.
What Hi Fi - October 2006 - Silver Preamplifier
Audio Video SA (South Africa) October 2006 - Copper Preamplifier
Stereo & Image (France) - May 2007 - Silver Preamplifier
Revue Du Son (France) - June 2007 - Copper Preamplifier
Hi FI Review (Hing Kong) - June 2007 - Copper Preamplifier
Hi Fi News - August 2007 - Silver Preamplifier
TNT Audio - October 2007 - Silver & Copper comparison. Please click here to read this article (external site)
TNT Audio - October 2007 - Factory Visit. Please click here to read this article (external site)
Hi Fi 4 All (Denmark) - October 2007- Copper Preamplifier. Please click here to read this article (external site)

Hi Fi World - July 2008 - Reference Preamplifier. Please click here to download this review

NEW! Sound & Vision (Greece) - November 08 - MKII Preamplifier review. Please click here to download this review


Some quotes:
"The most transparent, self-effacing preamplifier we've heard by a large margin. This is nothing less than a landmark product"
"Little less than a stunning listening experience... This is currently the best preamplifier I've heard, bar none..."
- David Price, Hi-Fi World September 2006
'With it's tremendously open yet finessed sound, it's a veritable high-end audio bargin'
'The best Preamplifier ever made'
- David Price, Hi-Fi World
"...in terms of sonic purity this Music First preamp is king"
- What Hi Fi?
'For honest sound quality it warrants the best recommendation possible'
'The story of the passive preamplifier has just been re-written'
'This box can stand ahead of active units three times the price'
'I feel the Music First pre-amp has the finest balance of virtues of any pre-amp I've heard date'
- Andrew Harrison, Hi-Fi News
"...truly stunning sound."
"I noted exceptional resolution and transparency. The sound was very close to what I associate with top-notch active preamps that cost several to many times the price of the Music First. There was a total absence of grain and hardness. The midrange was simply lovely: smooth, delicate, natural. The biggest surprise was the bass response, which was exceptionally strong and tight yet not overdone. The Music First did what a preamp should do: it enabled my digital sources and my power amps to perform at their best."
- Sam Tellig Stereophile, January 2006
'In short, it's a gem of a unit'
- David Vivian, Hi -Fi Choice
...the evidence is mounting that this demure little box from Great Britain regularly brawls it out with the big dogs and comes out the winner.
...in the right circumstance, the Music First is the best preamp I've yet heard
...the Music First Audio preamp factors in my "Best of 2005" list of favourite personal discoveries
Whoa baby ...this passive makes the ultimate get-out-of-the-way solution to hear amps in full frontal nudity.
- Srajan Ebaen, www.6moons.com