PRESS RELEASE
Leading British Hi-Fi brand Musical Fidelity will become the first brand to bring the sound quality benefits of balanced audio to the consumer headphone market - ensuring that the technology is no longer the preserve of the esoteric products – with the launch of the MF200B headphone and partnering V90-BHA headphone amplifier.
Available in May, the MF200B headphones and V90-BHA amplifier will be available individually for £250 each and as a pair for a special price of £450.
Why balanced?
The benefits of balanced connection have long been known in the pro-audio industry where great efforts are taken to minimise noise and interference in the audio chain, particularly with low-level signals.
By using balanced connections, rather than single-ended audio, RF interference on the audio signal is effectively cancelled out, resulting in an exceptionally low noise level and a far more accurate sound.
As with many of the world’s most expensive amplifiers, the balanced design allows the MF200B and V90-BHA to operate as a true dual mono system while the balanced audio signal is delivered with effectively twice the power of a single ended version with the impedance halved, making the headphones a much easier load to drive.
The result is an amplifier that can comfortably run well within its limits leading to an improved, more natural, open, but better controlled audio performance thanks to lower distortion and lower noise plus a faster transient response.
The balanced headphone connector between the MF200B and V90-BHA is also much larger than standard headphone jack while its four pin connection and locking mechanism allow for an all-round better, more secure connection.
MF200B
Based on the recently launched MF200, the MF200B has the same choice of premium design and materials plus the same micro vented, inert enclosure, specially selected and paired 40mm drivers and powerful neodymium magnets of the original model.
The MF200B has also been specifically modified for balanced audio with separate wired inputs into each ear cup, a thicker and better insulated cable, and a 4-pin locking, balanced connector.
The result is a pair of headphones that offer the same accurate, faithful and transparent reproduction of the original recording that’s the hallmark of all Musical Fidelity models, but with the overall smoother, more natural yet faster and tighter sound that is synonymous with balanced audio.
V90-BHA
The V90-BHA features some of Musical Fidelity’s finest electronics but in a tiny package measuring just 117 X 47 X 70mm WXHXD.
The V90-BHA offers a high input impedance and low output impedance allowing connection to most sources and the ability to easily drive the vast majority of headphones (from 10 ohms to 600 ohms).
Distortion is very low, typically less than 0.005% across the audio band. The V90BHA also delivers an outstanding signal to noise ratio of better than 109 dB (‘A’ weighted). The frequency response is 20 Hz to 80 kHz (-1dB).
Inputs include both balanced XLR and single-ended RCA while outputs include a dedicated four pin Mini XLR balanced connector and a 3.5mm headphone jack output, making the V90-BHA a very versatile headphone amplifier.
The V90-BHA’s combination of very low distortion, extremely low noise, flat frequency response and low output impedance gives a smooth effortless sound quality normally reserved for far more expensive products. The V90-BHA is also designed to effectively run as a dual mono amplifier when in balanced mode, minimising cross-channel interference and maximising stereo separation.
Much effort has also been spent to ensure that the V90-BHA also looks great with a front panel and cover that are custom-made fine line extrusions and a final finish in crystal bead shot blast, fine texture moonstone.
About Musical Fidelity
British based Musical Fidelity is one of the most acclaimed and well recognized brands in the specialist hi-fi industry - worldwide.
The company has over thirty years’ experience of the design and manufacture of hi-fi electronics; producing exceptional products that have won multiple global awards and have reached iconic status on more than one occasion.
Every product has been born from a passion for wonderful music and a desire to produce truly world class engineering - whether in embracing new technologies or developing more traditional methods. www.musicalfidelity.com
